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
ahead crowd double expect heard miss phil saw
I saw him miss the return, and I heard someone in the crowd say, 'You're two ahead now, ... I didn't really expect Phil to make double on 17.
chance green hitting miss
Hitting the fairways here is the most important thing, ... If you miss a green, you have a chance of getting up and down. If you miss the fairways, you have no chance of getting on the green from this rough.
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,
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.
afternoon deserved missed morning played tee
I played terrible. I think I was over-par this morning and much the same this afternoon so I deserved to lose. I just didn't make a putt, was wayward off the tee and missed a lot of fairways.
bit game michael missed played putt roll tee
I played terrible. I just didn't make a putt and was wayward off the tee and missed a lot of fairways. Michael got on a roll at the start, but if I had played a bit of a game out there it would have been nice.
coming expect good middle missed nice run start
It was nice to get off to that start and then I had a good run in the middle of the course. I must say coming out, I didn't expect a lot. I missed a lot of fairways, but I made a lot of putts.
career golfing mental turned
I think what has turned my golfing career is my mental toughness,
course golf hands heard longer plays
I think any golf course they make longer plays into the hands of Tiger. I think he's just smiling. You haven't heard him complaining about that. The longer they can make it, the better for him.
field great last played week win
Last week wasn't a great field but I played well and it would be great to win again,
drive front greens hit putting saw shoot six today
I saw the greens very well today and I read the greens very well, especially on the front nine. That was the key, putting well. I didn't drive too well. I only hit six fairways out of 14, so I did well to shoot 64.
beat great pleasure
You always get more pleasure if you beat great players.
blowing dry greens starts tougher wind
It can only get tougher out there when the wind starts blowing and the greens dry out.
bad drive driving few hit hopefully quite work
I would like to go for the greens, but I keep driving in the rough. That's the problem. I hit a few bad drives. I didn't quite drive it as well as I did Thursday. I need to work on that a little this afternoon, and hopefully play better Saturday.