Retief Goosen
Retief Goosen
Retief Goosenis a South African professional golfer who was in the top ten in the Official World Golf Ranking for over 250 weeks between 2001 and 2007. His main achievements have been two U.S. Open winsand heading the European Tour Order of Meritin 2001 and 2002...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth3 February 1969
afternoon bit felt good greens missed shot six three tricky
I didn't really play all that well. I missed a lot of greens but I chipped and putted very well and holed a lot of good putts for pars. The greens were a bit more tricky this afternoon with all the traffic. I felt I could have shot a good round. I was three under through six and then nothing happens,
bit hit hitting irons matter straight
As long as you hit it straight (at Augusta National) it doesn't matter how long you hit it. You still have to hit it straight and hit the shots. I think I'm hitting my irons a little bit better at the moment, which is a big plus.
bit break lucky nice roll
There was about a yard-and-a-half break on the putt, so it was nice to roll that one in. I was a little bit on the lucky side.
bad ball bit both great hard hit instead landing lie question shock shot spot wrong
On 17 we both hit the wrong clubs, eight-irons instead of nine-irons. I didn't have much of a shot and it was a bad lie in a hard pan. It was a question of landing the ball in the right spot and it was a bit of a shock when it went in. But then it was a great up-and-down by Ernie as well.
bit course five good holes last played playing purely running seen shape
I think the course is in as good of shape as I've seen it in the last five years. You know the fairways are running a little bit and some holes are actually playing shorter than it's played in the last five years, purely because you get some run in the fairways.
afternoon bit felt good greens missed shot six tricky
I missed a lot of greens but I chipped and putted very well and holed a lot of good putts for pars. The greens were a bit more tricky this afternoon with all the traffic. I felt I could have shot a good round. I was 3 under through six and then nothing happens.
birdie far front nine
On the front nine I never really did anything. All of my birdie putts were really too far away to make anything,
birdie difficult driving good solid
It was a good solid round. My driving (was the only frustration). By not having good drives, it's difficult to have birdie chances.
champion good open win
I'm the US Open champion and I'm good enough to win this match.
birds hear nobody singing
You could hear the birds singing away, like there's nobody on the course.
catch guys maybe tough win
If you can do well in them, and maybe win one, then it is going to be very tough for the other guys to catch up,
body feed frame gave language mind
I could tell by his body language that he wasn't in the right frame of mind and that gave me encouragement. When you see him slouching down the fairway you can feed off that energy.
last putting saving trying
I think my putting has been saving me all week, last week, too. But I'm trying to get comfortable on my driving.
besides birds cheer definitely hear knew nobody normally obviously quieter singing
One hole, you could hear the birds singing away, like there's nobody on the course. It's definitely a lot quieter out there than you normally hear around Augusta, besides the one big cheer we heard. And we obviously all knew that was Tiger.