Retief Goosen

Retief Goosen
Personnel
Nation:	South Africa
Nickname:	The Goose, The Iceman
Career data
Professional since:	1990
Current tour:	PGA TOUR , European Tour
Tournament wins:	38
Major wins :	2 (2001, 2004)
Awards:	Winner of the European Tour Order of Merit (2001/02), ; European Tour Player of the Year (2001), ; Harry Vardon Trophy (2001, 2002)

Retief Goosen (born February 3, 1969 in Pietersburg (now Polokwane ), South Africa ) is a professional golfer . He is a two-time major winner and was in the top 10 of the golf world rankings for 250 weeks from 2001 to 2007. His nickname is "The Goose".

Career

His amateur career was briefly interrupted when he was struck by lightning at the age of 16. Goosen turned professional in 1990 after winning the South African Amateur Championship . He now has two US Open wins, 2001 and 2004. He won the European Tour Order of Merit (money list) in 2001 and 2002.

Goosen has been one of the most consistent players in the world since 1995: he won every year around the world and he has also done so on the US PGA TOUR since 2001. He was in the top 6 of the official world rankings for a long time , in which he was in 2006 except advanced to 3rd place. After a poor 2007 season, Goosen temporarily slipped out of the top 20.

Goosen is known for his extremely stoic calm and serenity, which earned him another nickname, "The Iceman", on the PGA TOUR.

PGA TOUR victories

2001 US Open
2002 BellSouth Classic
2003 Chrysler Championship
2004 US Open , The Tour Championship
2005 The International
2009 Transitions Championship

Major championships are in bold .

European Tour victories

1996 Slaley Hall Northumberland Challenge
1997 Peugeot Open de France
1999 Novotel Perrier Open de France
2000 Lancôme Trophy
2001 The Scottish Open at Loch Lomond , Telefonica Open de Madrid
2002 Johnnie Walker Classic
2003 Lancôme Trophy
2004 Smurfit European Open
2005 Linde German Masters
2006 South African Open (played December 2005)
2007 Qatar Masters

Other tournament victories

1991 Iscor Newcastle Classic ( Sunshine Tour )
1992 Spoornet Classic, Bushveld Classic, Witbank Classic (all Sunshine Tour)
1993 Mount Edgecombe Trophy (Sunshine Tour)
1995 Phillips South African Open (Sunshine Tour)
2002 Dimension Data Pro-Am (Sunshine Tour)
2003 Tiger Skins Game
2004 Nedbank Golf Challenge
2005 Volvo Masters-China ( Asian Tour ), Battle at the Bridges (with Phil Mickelson )
2006 Volvo Masters-China (Asian Tour), Nelson Mandela Invitational (unofficial money tournament in South Africa; with Bobby Lincoln ), People vs. The pros
2007 Tavistock Cup (for Lake Nona)
2008 Iskandar Johor Open (Asian Tour), Riffa Views Invitational Skins Game
2009 Africa Open (Sunshine Tour), Tavistock Cup (for Lake Nona)

Results in major championships

competition	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	T40	CUT	2	T13	T13	T3	T3	T2
US Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	T12	1	CUT	T42	1	T11	CUT	CUT
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	DNP	75	T10	CUT	T10	T41	T13	T8	T10	T7	T5	T14	T23
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T61	CUT	CUT	CUT	T37	T23	CUT	DNP	T6	T34	T23

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
The Masters	T17	CUT	T38	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
US Open	T14	T16	T58	T23	T10	DNP	T45	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T32	T5	6th	WD	T64	DNP	DNP	T20	DNP	DNP	CUT
PGA Championship	T24	T51	T55	WD	T48	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = not participated
WD = withdrawn
CUT = cut not made
"T" split placement
Green background for victories
Yellow background for top 10.

Participation in team competitions

Alfred Dunhill Cup : 1995, 1996, 1997 (winner), 1998 (winner), 1999, 2000
World Cup : 1993, 1995, 2000, 2001 (winner), 2007
Presidents Cup : 2000, 2003 (draw), 2005, 2007, 2009

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personal data
SURNAME	Goosen, Retief
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	South African golfer
DATE OF BIRTH	3rd February 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pietersburg (now Polokwane), South Africa