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	Retief Goosen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		RETIEF GOOSEN: Yeah, today everybody was making some birdies out there. The fairways were a lot easier to hit and the greens were obviously holding. They're putting as good as— they're rolling perfect. That's really just the rain that softened up the course that made the scoring easier today.
		RETIEF GOOSEN: Definitely. I mean, today—that green yesterday you couldn't stop it on, and today I landed it about eight yards short of the flag and stopped it pin high. If it didn't rain yesterday, I probably would have gone to the back of the green.
		RETIEF GOOSEN: Well, I think it's a great U.S. Open course. I don't think anything needs to be changed on the course. We just happen to have good weather so far. Despite the course being dry the first two rounds, it wasn't windy, and then it rained, so it's made the scoring go lower.
	www.wachoviachampionship.com /pages/0,,5266_7803_9167_10031,00.html (1279 words)

	The PGA Grand Slam of Golf / Major Triumphs / Retief Goosen
		While Els struggled to a disappointing 80, Goosen finished with a 1-over-par 71, good for a 4-under-par 276 total and a two-stroke victory over Phil Mickelson, with whom he was locked in a back-nine duel until the left-hander doublebogeyed the 71st hole.
		Goosen's steely resolve to achieve a second Open title in four years was the winning formula on a difficult Shinnecock Hills layout, earning him his second career major championship and a return to the PGA Grand Slam of Golf, Nov. 22-24, at Poipu Bay Golf Course at Kauai Resort & Spa in Kauai, Hawaii.
		Goosen bogeyed the eighth and 10th holes, but birdied the par-3 11th from 4 feet to regain a two-stroke lead over Mickelson.
	www.pga.com /grandslam/2004/majtriumph_goosen.html (696 words)

	Retief Goosen : USAToday.com - Retief Goosen Biography from USAToday.com
		Retief had his score to plus-2 after the eighth hole and it looked like he was ready to make a big move on the back nine.
		Retief Goosen shot a second consecutive 68 and is tied for third at the Johnnie Walker Classic in Thailand.
		Goosen was three holes down after the first 10, but rallied to tie the match after making three birdies in a row.
	fantasygolf.usatoday.com /content/player.asp?sport=GOL&id=201 (369 words)

	cbs2chicago.com - Retief Goosen Wins The U.S. Open
		Goosen's brilliant short game, from his amazing par save on the 13th to his clutch birdie on the 16th to regain a share of the lead, his heroics were met with mild applause.
		Goosen joined Woods as the only players to win two majors since 1999, and he is especially tough in the major that demands near perfection.
		Goosen was deep in the yellow grass right of the 13th fairway and heard another explosion of cheers when Mickelson made an 18-footer ahead of him.
	cbs2chicago.com /topstories/topstories_story_173081034.html (1296 words)

	Retief Goosen : Sandbox.com - Retief Goosen Biography from Sandbox.com
		Retief Goosen, who has fallen to No. 6 in the Official World Golf Rankings, will make his 2007 PGA Tour debut this week at the Nissan Open.
		Goosen was two down with two to play when he pulled off his miraculous finish, leaving a devastated Nick O'Hern to handle the seventh second-place finish of his career.
		Retief Goosen retained a tie for the lead at the Qatar Masters after three rounds when Australian Richard Green double-bogeyed the final hole.
	fantasynews.sandbox.com /2005/news/content/playerpages/player_main.asp?sport=GOL&id=201 (714 words)

	Golf: Retief Goosen - SouthAfrica.info
		Goosen played in only two South African events, but his results were solid — sixth place in the South African Open and fourth in the Alfred Dunhill South African PGA.
		Goosen's consistency carried through to South Africa, where he finished fourth in the Alfred Dunhill Championship and tied for fifth at the SA Open.
		Goosen shared eleventh-place in the Volvo PGA Championships, tied for eighth in The Memorial (won by Ernie Els), and then struck a huge double-blow, landing the US Open and the European Open in successive victories on different continents.
	www.southafrica.info /ess_info/sa_glance/sports/goosen.htm (1521 words)

	An Interview With Retief Goosen
		RETIEF GOOSEN: Well, every guy every week is working hard on his game to get better.
		RETIEF GOOSEN: Yeah, the feel is really, for me, feeling comfortable through the whole swing, which really comes down to good rhythm, good timing, eye coordination and all that kind of stuff.
		RETIEF GOOSEN: Well, hopefully the course won't be the same on the weekend as it was at Shinnecock.
	www.usopen.com /2005/news/interviews/goosen_fri.html (2137 words)

	Goosen at loss to explain fade - The Boston Globe
		And it was left to Goosen to explain why it had all happened.
		Again, Goosen tried to answer how he had gone from three ahead to finishing eight behind, a staggering swing of 11 shots.
		On that blistering hot Father's Day, Cink was paired with Goosen in the final group and knew the South African needed to only two-putt from 12 feet to wrap up the title.
	www.boston.com /sports/golf/articles/2005/06/20/goosen_at_loss_to_explain_fade (644 words)

	ASAP Sports - Golf - 2005 - WGC ACCENTURE MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP - February 25 - Retief Goosen
		RETIEF GOOSEN: Chad played really well, actually, the first nine holes, ten holes, I think he was 4 under par, so he played really solid and I was 3 down.
		RETIEF GOOSEN: It was from the front left of the green.
		RETIEF GOOSEN: Well, this morning I think the golf course being as soft as it is in a way suits the shorter hitters in a way, because they don't spin the ball as much on the greens.
	www.asapsports.com /show_interview.php?id=5376 (1473 words)

	The Golf Channel - PGA Tour Coverage
		Goosen was steady in the wind on Saturday with a 69, and as the course dried up, leaving unbelievably slick greens and difficult playing conditions, he put together another major championship caliber round to secure the title.
		Goosen buckled, but never surrendered his lead en route to his fourth career victory on the PGA Tour.
		Goosen was in a world of trouble at the par-4 14th, but his putter was on fire on the back nine and he rolled in a 13-foot putt to save bogey.
	www.thegolfchannel.com /core.aspx?page=15101&select=13291 (570 words)

	GOLFONLINE - Retief Goosen holds off Ernie Els in South Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Retief Goosen matched Ernie Els' birdie on the 72nd hole Sunday to hold off his countryman and win the South African Airways Open.
		Goosen, who bogeyed the opening hole in the final round, closed with a three- under 70 at the par-73 Fancourt Golf Club to end the tournament at 10-under- par 282 and win this crown for the second time.
		Goosen, the fourth-ranked player in the world, quickly regained the lead with a five-foot birdie putt on the ninth.
	www.golfonline.com /golfonline/print/0,18068,1142201,00.html (608 words)

	Goosen, 2 Australians lead Qatar Masters - Boston.com
		Two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen had three late birdies Saturday to share the third-round lead at the Qatar Masters with Australians Richard Green and Nick O'Hern.
		Retief Goosen (RSA) on hole 9 during the 2nd round of the Commercialbank Qatar Masters in Doha on Friday Jan. 26 2007.
		Goosen and Richard Green go into the weekend of the Commercialbank Qatar Masters with a two-shot lead after both carded impressive rounds Friday.
	www.boston.com /sports/golf/articles/2007/01/27/goosen_2_australians_lead_qatar_masters (358 words)

	Interview with: Retief Goosen
		RETIEF GOOSEN: I think even in the way the greens are at the moment the low numbers are not going to be possible.
		RETIEF GOOSEN: It's not too bad, coming in finishing off, going back out there, you sort of have a little bit of a feel for the greens.
		RETIEF GOOSEN: Yeah, it is. Any golf tournament you need to be patient and hang in there.
	www.usopen.com /2004/press/interviews/goosen-6-18-04.html (863 words)

	Interview with Retief Goosen
		RETIEF GOOSEN: Yes, but I've got to go play this afternoon and see what it looks like, and I'm sure it's going to be a lot better than it's been the last few years.
		RETIEF GOOSEN: I was I've got a place down on the sea, and went up into a game preserve for a couple of weeks up north, visited my parents, water-skied.
		RETIEF GOOSEN: Rory last year at the beginning of the year was struggling, but he's working really hard on his game.
	www.pga.com /news/tours/pga-tour/gooseninterview022106.cfm (1397 words)

	Retief Goosen, PGA Tour - CBS SportsLine.com
		Paul McGinley was Goosen's closest challenger over the weekend, and despite pulling within one of the lead early on the back nine, he finished four shots off the pace alone in second at 14-under 270.
		Goosen recovered with a birdie at the par-3 seventh after his tee shot stopped 8 feet from the cup.
		Goosen hit his third on the putting surface and two-putted for a bogey to fall back to 18 under, one shot clear of McGinley.
	www.sportsline.com /golf/story/6639864 (673 words)

	USATODAY.com - Well-traveled Goosen in front at elite Grand Slam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Retief Goosen starts his day, firing his first drive at the first hole on the way to an opening-round 65.
		Goosen masterfully handled the tricky Bermuda greens and used his hot putter to set the pace with birdies on five of the first six holes.
		Goosen's only hiccup on the front nine was when he sailed a lob wedge over the green on No. 8.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/golf/pga/2004-11-23-grand-slam_x.htm (813 words)

	GolfDigest.com - Support group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Tracy Goosen says her man had been afraid he couldn't follow the vicar's lead because he was dead-scared he'd bumble the thees, plights and troths.
		The marriage was confirmation of a new Retief Goosen, confident enough to go where he had never been, even down a road bumpy with thees, plights and troths.
		Goosen concedes: "She struggled with me. I was a bit of a tough guy in the beginning.
	www.golfdigest.com /features/index.ssf?/features/gd200111goosen.html (1720 words)

	Retief Goosen \| The Sand Trap
		Retief was introduced to golf by his father, Theo Goosen, who took a serious approach to parenting.
		Goosen once admitted, "My temperament used to be the worst part of my game growning up." Apparently he would break clubs and throw things out of sheer frustration.
		Goosen and his partners were waiting the storm out and after the weather cleared they returned to their place.
	thesandtrap.com /archives/profiles/retief_goosen.php (1564 words)

	Golf: Retief Goosen - SouthAfrica.info
		Most South African-based golf experts, to their credit, knew that Retief Goosen was a big thing waiting to happen before he proved them right in 2001.
		Goosen's consistency carried through to South Africa, where he finished fourth in the Alfred Dunhill Championship and tied for fifth at the SA Open.
		Goosen shared eleventh-place in the Volvo PGA Championships, tied for eighth in The Memorial (won by Ernie Els), and then struck a huge double-blow, landing the US Open and the European Open in successive victories on different continents.
	www.safrica.info /ess_info/sa_glance/sports/goosen.htm (1521 words)

	ASAP Sports - Golf - 2002 - MASTERS TOURNAMENT - April 14 - Retief Goosen
		RETIEF GOOSEN: Yeah, I pulled my drive off the first hole and played a good second shot to get it on to the green, but where I hit it on the green, I really had no chance of getting it really close to the hole.
		RETIEF GOOSEN: Well, it was pretty much myself, deflated myself out there the first few holes, hitting three 3-putts in the first eight holes, so there was really -- put me a little bit down.
		RETIEF GOOSEN: I was nervous, like I said on the first few holes, but I started to feel comfortable roundabout the sixth hole.
	www.asapsports.com /show_interview.php?id=5519 (1681 words)

	Retief Goosen: Comfortable, confident in pressure situations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		RETIEF GOOSEN: Today, I think it was really just two holes that I think really stood out with the changes, No. 7 I think played much more difficult than it did in the, with playing into the wind today, when you had to hit driver.
		RETIEF GOOSEN: Yeah, he's not the guy to put you on the couch and makes you go to sleep and that sort of thing, no. He can really get quite wound up, you know, and be aggressive in a way; sort of wakes you up a little bit.
		RETIEF GOOSEN: Unfortunately, my first time back was the end of the year, the Million Dollar, and Monday and Tuesday I spent about four hours every day in the press media tent doing interviews.
	www.golf.com /gdc/news/article.asp?id=1442 (1908 words)

	Retief Goosen eyes PGA Championship at Baltusrol
		Though Goosen admits to sometimes staring at those mangled clubs today (he's kept them for 20 years now), he dismisses the common perception that the lightning strike changed him, made him the serious, focused fellow who cannot be fazed by mere tournament pressure.
		Goosen played the International when many of the other top players elected to rest the week before the PGA Championship because he felt his game needed the competitive environment.
		Goosen is like the forgotten fifth Beatle, good enough to get into the picture but not always the conversation.
	www.worldgolf.com /features/retief-goosen-pga-championship-baltusrol-1104.htm (1931 words)

	Retief Goosen looking for title defence
		Retief Goosen has played the role of the forgotten fifth Beatle to perfection lately but next Thursday there will be no avoiding the spotlight as the unassuming South African opens the defence of his U.S. Open title.
		Goosen, though, had few complaints when he needed 11 putts over the final holes to clinch his second U.S. Open title with a two-stroke victory over Mickelson.
		Goosen has some idea of what awaits him in North Carolina and is expecting the same type of demanding layout he won on last year.
	www.golftoday.co.uk /tours/2005/usopen/preview4.html (527 words)

	Golfer profile: Retief Goosen
		Retief Goosen (born February 3, 1969 in Pietersburg (now Polokwane), South Africa) is a professional golfer.
		Goosen's amateur career was briefly interrupted when he was struck by lightning at the age of 15.
		Goosen is known for his extremely calm demeanor, a trait that has earned him the nickname "The Iceman" on the U.S. He further enhanced his reputation as a steely competitor at the 2004 U.S. Open, where he mastered Shinnecock Hills' (arguably unfair) course setup, draining clutch putt after clutch putt on the course's super-fast greens.
	www.golfcoursesguide.org /learn/golfers/175.asp (200 words)

	Support group - South African golfer Retief Goosen Golf Digest - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		It was April 28, 2001, and Retief Goosen stood at the altar of a great stone church in the English market town of Tenterden, Kent.
		Eight months younger than Goosen, once his junior rival, Els is a two-time winner of the U.S. Open, winner of eight U.S. PGA Tour events and 24 others around the world, and a top-three finisher in all four major championships.
		Theo Goosen's teaching aids included "a contraption I built to keep Retief's head down." As the boy hit balls at home, he took his stance with the contraption's wooden arm touching his head, a reminder to keep still.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0HFI/is_11_52/ai_79352560 (875 words)

	ESPN.com - GOLF - Retief Goosen - Player Card
		April 8, 2007 - Goosen finished tied for second at the Masters, two shots back of champion Zach Johnson.
		Notes: It was a strange week for Goosen - he shot 76-76 to open the event and made the cut right on the number, but his sterling 70 in tricky conditions Saturday got him back into the thick of it.
		Goosen always seems to be one of the prime contenders at this event - he's got two seconds, two thirds, and two thirteenths at Augusta over his last six starts.
	sports.espn.go.com /golf/players/profile?playerId=167 (115 words)

	Sports: Sweet Retief at Open
		Although Goosen said he did not witness a replay of his misfortune, he knew what awaited him if failure met him Monday: having to accept his place alongside the likes of Jean Van de Velde, Scott Hoch, Greg Norman and Doug Sanders, all of whom saw major opportunities go up in flames.
		Goosen missed seven of the first nine greens but was 2 under par.
		Goosen, the rookie of the year on the South Africa Tour in 1991 who lives in suburban London, has won four times on the European PGA Tour.
	www.sptimes.com /News/061901/Sports/Sweet_Retief_at_Open.shtml (1012 words)

	IMG Speakers Bureau - Retief Goosen
		The 2001 & 2004 US Open Champion Retief Goosen is one of the best golfers of his generation and is a truly global professional, holding membership on three PGA Tours; the US PGA Tour, the European Tour and the Southern African Tour, and winning tournaments in every corner of the world.
		Retief has played fantastic golf in all four majors this year and finished 3rd at the Masters, 11th at the US Open, 5th at the Open Championship and 6th at the US PGA.
		Retief is now rightly counted amongst the elite multiple Major winners, and is currently lying 5th in the world rankings.
	www.imgspeakers.com /speakers/retief_goosen.aspx (682 words)

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