Retief Goosen Quotes

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• Majors are important but so is every other tournament I play.
• Pretty much whoever wins the tournament at the end of the week is the guy that putted probably the best.
• There are a number of golfers who are playing great golf in their 40s.
• Traveling around, it's difficult to follow much TV. Mainly I'm somebody who watches sports.
• You can't really measure your game. You can shoot seven under and lose and you can shoot even and win.
• You could play well and still lose.
• I started hitting the ball a lot better a few weeks ago, and just the putter wasn't working. And putting a new putter in the…
• I remember winning the first time, you know, suddenly everybody expects, well, okay, now he should win every time he tees it up, win six…
• I turned pro and won Rookie of the Year on the South African Tour and then it took me two tries at the qualifying school…
• I'm not that clued up on the American sports yet, really.
• Golf is growing, and there are more good young players, but you don't see them going abroad. It's so expensive to travel.
• I played a lot of other sports at school and just one day the golf bug bit me and I started playing serious golf from…
• Golf is flexibility, and I notice more guys injured. You can overdo this conditioning.
• I do like match play. I like trying to match an opponent shot for shot. It's a challenge. And it's something different.
• I've always been kind of a shy guy. Not very outgoing. I might not start a conversation, but if somebody else does, I'll chat away.
• I hang around under the radar. Nobody is bothering me for interviews.
• I mean, to win a major, you've got to be a good player and you've got to get your breaks, as well, to win.
• I've got an L3 bulging disk and degenerating disk. It's bulging in two places. Yeah, it's not good.
• Well my dad was a pretty good player at one stage and my two older brothers played golf as well. So there were always golf…
• You know, one day you make putts and the next day you don't.

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