168 ordspråk av Retief Goosen
Retief Goosen
Match play is completely game. You can play well and lose in match play. If you play well, the other guy just played better than you.
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Michael obviously today didn't play all that well on the front nine and that won the tournament for me,
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My putting is good at the moment, ... I'm making a lot of good saves out of the rough.
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My schedule just worked out so that I'm able to play more tournaments in South Africa this year.
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My swing is definitely not there. Yesterday I was very bad off the tee and I had to keep chopping out sideways. I was a bit better today, at least I kept the ball in play more.
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No, I'm not even thinking about the lightning incident,
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Not many people have won it three times,” he said. “These next few weeks are going to be very important because if you win one of the events it is going to be tough for your rivals to catch you.
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Obviously it was a great round, I don't think it will be beaten for awhile,
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Obviously there's a long way to go still but I'm very happy to start off like this. You can't win the tournament in the first round so I'm just going to keep playing well and see what happens.
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Obviously, that bad round hasn't affected his game. It shows you he's got a good mental attitude, and that's what you need in this game.
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Obviously, the golf course is only going to get tougher as the week goes on. If I can keep striking the ball solid and keep it in play, we can try for Sunday.
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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.
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On the back nine I was just sort of hanging on but it's never over till it's over. I think on 15 was a big turning-point, when I chipped in for par and I think then the tournament was over.
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On the front nine I never really did anything. All of my birdie putts were really too far away to make anything,
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On Tuesday he hit the ball as good as I've seen him hit it. He's such a great competitor that he probably still believes he can win out here.
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