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,
carry ended good last pity quite ran sort
It's a pity we ran out of daylight. But it's quite good now that it ended the way it did, because we can sort of carry on from last time. It was so close. This time, we can go at it again.
keeping putting
I'm putting very well. I only had 25 putts. That's keeping me alive.
flags lucky positions tricky
I'm going to have to get really lucky tomorrow, ... The flags are going to be in some tricky positions to get up-and-down from.
excuse serious sort
He's got to have some sort of excuse not to play. I mean, serious excuse.
gap hardest hole left stand trees yards
I think 11 is probably the hardest hole out there. You stand on the tee, and there's trees right, trees left and about 10 yards gap in between, and that's really all you see.
blowing dry greens starts tougher wind
It can only get tougher out there when the wind starts blowing and the greens dry out.
gap hardest hit hole left stand tee trees yard
I think 11 is the hardest hole on the course. I hit it in the threes on the right. You stand on the tee and there's trees right, trees left and about a 10 yard gap in between. That's all you see from the tee.
amongst media next point sure talking tv week
I'm sure it will be a talking point amongst the media and on TV next week but it's not something I even think of.
both cars everybody
Luckily, everybody is still breathing. When both cars are a write off, then it's not a little bump.
hit hurt
Luckily, it doesn't really hurt me when I hit the ball. I know it's there, but it's nothing serious.
dubai
I putted very well in Dubai and just need to get my ball-striking going.
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.