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Retief Goosen

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Retief Goosen

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Personal Information
Birth: 3 February, 1969,
Pietersburg, South Africa
Height: 5' 11"
Nationality: Image:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Residence: Pietersburg, South Africa; Ascot, Berkshire, England; Orlando, Florida, USA
Career
College: n/a
Turned Professional: 1990
Current Tour: European Tour (joined 1993); PGA Tour (joined 2001)
Professional wins: 30 (PGA Tour 6; European Tour 13 (including 2 co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour); others 13)
Majors: U.S. Open (2001, 2004)
Awards: European Tour Order of Merit winner 2001, 2002

Retief Goosen (born February 3, 1969) is a South African professional golfer.

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[edit] Background and career summary

Goosen was born in Pietersburg (now Polokwane), South Africa. His amateur career was briefly interrupted when he was struck by lightning at the age of 16. He turned professional in 1990, following a win in the South African Amateur Championship of the same year. His main achievements since have been two US Open wins (in 2001 and 2004), and heading the European Tour Order of Merit (money list) in 2001 and 2002.

Since 1995, Goosen has been one of the most consistent players in the world: he has won internationally every year since 1995, and has also won a PGA TOUR event every year since 2001. Additionally, he has spent a long period of time in the top 5 of the Official World Golf Rankings, and 2006 reached a career-best third place.

Goosen is known for his extremely calm demeanor, a trait that has earned him the nickname "The Iceman" on the U.S. PGA TOUR. He is also being affectionally called "The Goose". He further enhanced his reputation as a steely competitor at the 2004 U.S. Open, where he mastered Shinnecock Hills' extremely fast (and arguably unfair) greens, draining clutch putt after clutch putt.

[edit] Major Championships

[edit] Wins (2)

Year Championship 54 Holes Winning Score Margin of Victory Runners Up
2001 U.S. Open Tied for lead -4 (66-70-69-71=276) Playoff Image:Flag of the United States.svg Mark Brooks
2004 U.S. Open 2 stroke lead -4 (70-66-69-71=276) 2 strokes Image:Flag of the United States.svg Phil Mickelson

[edit] Results timeline

Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT CUT
The Open Championship CUT DNP DNP 76 T10 CUT T10
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP T61 CUT CUT
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
The Masters T40 CUT 2 T13 T13 T3 T3
U.S. Open T12 1 CUT T42 1 T11 CUT
The Open Championship T41 T13 T8 T10 T7 T5 T14
PGA Championship CUT T37 T23 CUT DNP T6 T34

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

[edit] PGA TOUR wins (6)

Major championships are shown in bold.

[edit] European Tour wins (13)

Goosen's two U.S. Open wins are repeated here because the three major championships played in the U.S. have been part of the European Tour's schedule since 1998.

[edit] Other wins (13)

[edit] Team appearances

Alfred Dunhill Cup
1995, 1996, 1997 (winners), 1998 (winners), 1999, 2000

World Cup
1993, 1995, 2000, 2001 (winners)

Presidents Cup
2000, 2003 (Draw), 2005

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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