RETIEF GOOSEN

 
RESULTS
Retief Goosen
PGA TOUR Events Played Finish FedExCup
Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Scoring Avg. OWGR Money Points Standing
Career Totals 186 150 7 7 8 53 95 -- -- $23,943,852 -- --
2010 6 5 -- -- -- 4 4 69.53 19 $1,003,833 451 21st
2009 20 19 1 1 1 5 10 70.71 19 $3,232,650 640 18th
2008 18 13 -- 1 -- 2 6 71.71 45 $1,431,965 95,510 108th
2007 14 12 -- 1 -- 1 5 72.08 26 $1,044,386 89,083 89th
2006 18 16 -- 1 1 6 9 70.98 6 $2,617,453 -- --
*OWGR = Official World Golf Rating More Stats
KEY STATS
Scoring Average (Actual)
 
 69.53
 
 70.78
Driving Distance
 
 279.2
 
 279.4
Driving Accuracy Percentage
 
 64.53%
 
 61.54%
Greens in Regulation Percentage
 
 69.59%
 
 66.26%
Scrambling
 
 66.35%
 
 59.94%
Putts Per Round
 
 29.05
 
 29.23
 
Retief Goosen Average
 
PGA TOUR Average
   
BEST FINISHES
Result Year Events
4 2010 Sony Open in Hawaii
T5 2010 World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship
5 2010 Transitions Championship
T6 2010 SBS Championship
T56 2010 World Golf Championships-CA Championship
 
DID YOU KNOW?
  • His best finish on the PGA TOUR in 2010 is 4th at the Sony Open in Hawaii.
  • He ranks 17th in All-Around Ranking on the PGA TOUR.
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STANDARD STATS Rank Additional Stats
Driving Distance 279.2 97th Tot. Dist. - 10,611 Tot. Drvs. - 38
Driving Accuracy Percentage 64.53% 66th Fwys Hit - 171 Poss. Fwys - 265
Greens in Regulation Percentage 69.59% 43rd Greens Hit - 238 # Holes - 342
Putting Average 1.756 48th GIR Putts - 418 Greens Hit - 238
Eagles (Holes per) 171.0 57th # Holes - 342 # Eagles - 2
Birdie Average 3.89 51st # Birdies - 74 Tot. Rnds. - 19
Scoring Average 70.35 34th Tot. Strks - 1,321 Tot. Adj. - 15.723
Sand Save Percentage 55.17% 46th # Saves - 16 # Bunkers - 29
Total Driving 163 55th Total rank from stats 1 & 2
All-Around Ranking 442 17th Total rank from stats 1-8
FedExCup Points 451 21st Pts.Behind - 460 -
Money Leaders $1,003,833 17th - -
Par Breakers 22.22% 49th #Bird/Eagl - 76 #Holes - 342
Putts Per Round 29.05 73rd Tot. Putts - 552 Tot. Rnds. - 19
GIR Pct. - Fairway Bunker 42.9% 126th - -
NEWS
  • Notebook: Round 4, Transitions Championship - Mar 21, 2010
  • The Daily Wrap-up, Round 4: Transitions Championship - Mar 22, 2010
  • Live Report: Transitions Championship, final round - Mar 21, 2010
  • Watson must overtake Furyk, overcome his own challenges - Mar 20, 2010
  • Notebook: Round 3, Transitions Championship - Mar 20, 2010
  • The Daily Wrap-up, Round 3: Transitions Championship - Mar 20, 2010
  • Live Report: Transitions Championship, third round - Mar 20, 2010
  • Live Report: Transitions Championship, second round - Mar 19, 2010
  • Notebook: Round 1, Transitions Championship - Mar 18, 2010
  • The Daily Wrap-up, Round 1: Transitions Championship - Mar 18, 2010
  • Live Report: Transitions Championship, first round - Mar 18, 2010
  • The Starter: Round 1, Transitions Championship - Mar 18, 2010
  • Eight burning questions -- and answers -- about Tiger's return - Mar 17, 2010
  • Week 10 Approach Shots: Transitions Championship - Mar 18, 2010
  • Tavistock rosters released; Els and O'Meara return as captains - Mar 17, 2010
  • TOUR Insider: South Africa has the momentum after last week - Mar 17, 2010
  • Fantasy Insider: Best of the rest, others to avoid at Transitions - Mar 18, 2010
  • Power Rankings: Transitions Championship - Mar 16, 2010
  • Sips of Maginnes: Els' caddies; Steinberg quiet about Tiger - Mar 15, 2010
  • Augusta native Howell trying to earn coveted Masters invite - Mar 15, 2010
  • The Honda Classic: Round 1 notebook - Mar 4, 2010
  • The Honda Classic, Round 1 - Mar 4, 2010
  • TOUR Insider: A warm opener to the start of the Florida swing - Mar 3, 2010
  • Equipment Insider: Johnson's weapons, Couples' new irons - Feb 16, 2010
  • The rock's gone at Pebble ... and that's not the only change - Feb 10, 2010
  • Fantasy Insider: Best of the rest, others to avoid at Pebble Beach - Feb 9, 2010
  • Final-round notebook: Sony Open in Hawaii - Jan 18, 2010
  • The Daily Wrap-up, Round 4: Sony Open in Hawaii - Jan 17, 2010
  • Sony Open in Hawaii, Round 4 - Jan 17, 2010
  • Equipment Insider: Ogilvy's Titleist debut, wind adjustments - Jan 12, 2010
  • The Daily Wrap-up, Round 3: SBS Championship - Jan 10, 2010
  • SBS Championship, Round 3 - Jan 9, 2010
  • Notebook: Goosen flip-flops putters, Cink shares Claret Jug - Jan 7, 2010
  • Daly's early-season schedule starting to take shape - Jan 6, 2010
  • Fantasy Insider: Ranking rest of the SBS Championship field - Jan 6, 2010
  • Notebook: PGA TOUR still rules world ranking - Dec 29, 2009
  • Allenby wins Nedbank Challenge in playoff - Dec 6, 2009
  • Goosen extends lead at Nedbank after third round - Dec 5, 2009
  • Goosen leads Cabrera at Nedbank Challenge - Dec 4, 2009
  • Allenby leads Goosen, Clark at Nedbank Challenge - Dec 3, 2009
  • Decade's greatest players stand in line behind Tiger - Nov 30, 2009
  • Seven first-time winners make record books in '09 - Nov 23, 2009
  • Best of '09: Thrilling finishes, slim margins of victory - Nov 22, 2009
  • Kim, Allenby advance to set up rematch at Match Play - Oct 30, 2009
  • Casey fails to advance out of group stage at Match Play - Oct 29, 2009
  • Notebook: Top 125 standings in Fowler's favor - Oct 27, 2009
  • European Tour Insider: Match Play, Casey return - Oct 28, 2009
  • Finca Cortesin: Spain's sparkling new golf star - Oct 27, 2009
  • Choi wins Iskandar Johor Open in Malaysia - Oct 25, 2009
  • Trio takes clubhouse lead at Iskandar Johor Open - Oct 22, 2009
  • Choi hoping to energize his game with Asian Tour stop - Oct 21, 2009
  • Notebook: First award of the season goes to Woods - Oct 20, 2009
  • Westwood wins, takes over No. 1 in Race to Dubai - Oct 18, 2009
  • Goosen surges to lead in Portugal Masters - Oct 17, 2009
  • Molinari leads in Portugal, ties low '09 36-hole score - Oct 16, 2009
  • 'Back to the drawing board' for Internationals - Oct 11, 2009
  • Daily Wrap-up: Sunday Singles, U.S. victory - Oct 11, 2009
  • Pres. Cup Live Report: Sunday Singles - Oct 11, 2009
  • Big three lead the way for American team - Oct 11, 2009
  • Internationals face tall order in Sunday Singles - Oct 11, 2009
  • Match lineup: Saturday afternoon Four-Balls - Oct 10, 2009
  • Match 14 report: Furyk & Leonard win 4 and 2 - Oct 10, 2009
  • Match 13: Mickelson & O'Hair win 5 and 3 - Oct 10, 2009
  • Pres. Cup Live Report: Foursomes, Four-ball - Oct 11, 2009
  • Leonard puts Day 1 miss behind him with prank, win - Oct 9, 2009
  • What they said: Leonard, Mahan, Stricker - Oct 9, 2009
  • Presidents Cup Wrap-up: Day 2 Four-Balls - Oct 9, 2009
  • Match 7 report: Leonard & Mickelson win 3 and 2 - Oct 9, 2009
  • Pres. Cup Live Report: Friday's Four-balls - Oct 9, 2009
  • Thursday notebook: The Presidents Cup - Oct 8, 2009
  • Presidents Cup Wrap-up: Day 1 Foursomes - Oct 9, 2009
  • Match 6 report: USA, Internationals halve - Oct 8, 2009
  • Pres. Cup Live Report: Thursday's Foursomes - Oct 8, 2009
  • Plenty of reasons behind first-day pairings - Oct 7, 2009
  • What they said: Allenby, Goosen, Els, Singh - Oct 7, 2009
  • Presidents Cup picks: U.S. gets nod ... just barely - Oct 6, 2009
  • The Portugal Masters showcases The Algarve - Oct 6, 2009
  • Why the International team will win the Cup - Oct 6, 2009
  • Americans will stroll through Harding Park - Oct 6, 2009
  • Charitable donations set Presidents Cup apart - Oct 5, 2009
  • Presidents Cup player analysis: Int'l team - Oct 5, 2009
  • Final-round notebook: THE TOUR Championship - Sep 27, 2009
  • Third-round notes: THE TOUR Championship - Sep 26, 2009
  • Second-round notebook: THE TOUR Championship - Sep 25, 2009
  • First-round notebook: THE TOUR Championship - Sep 24, 2009
  • The Daily Wrap-up, Round 1: THE TOUR Championship - Sep 24, 2009
  • THE TOUR Championship, Round 1 - Sep 24, 2009
  • The Presidents Cup: A fan guide to the competition - Sep 21, 2009
  • Meet the Americans: Zach Johnson - Oct 1, 2009
  • Meet the Internationals: Retief Goosen - Oct 1, 2009
  • Meet the Internationals: Ernie Els - Oct 1, 2009
  • Veteran toughness gave them edge in Playoffs - Sep 21, 2009
  • BMW Championship, Rd. 4 - Sep 13, 2009
  • Notebook: Deutsche Bank Champ., Round 4 - Sep 7, 2009
  • The Daily Wrap-up, Round 4: Deutsche Bank Champ. - Sep 8, 2009
  • Deutsche Bank Championship, Round 4 - Sep 11, 2009
  • Pals Stricker, Kelly differ in disposition, share same goal - Sep 6, 2009
  • Want to win on Labor Day? You better be aggressive - Sep 6, 2009
  • Deutsche Bank Champ: Round 3 notebook - Sep 6, 2009
  • What they said: Retief Goosen - Sep 6, 2009
    • VIDEO

    Goosen poised for final round of the 2010 Transitions Championship (1:25)

    Players eye start of Rd.3 at the 2010 Transitions Championship. (:43)

    Goosen stays near leader after Rd.2 of 2010 Transitions Championship (1:26)

    Goosen birdies the 6th in the second round of the 2010 Transitions Championship (:54)

    Goosen in familiar position after round 1 at the 2010 Transitions Championship (1:29)

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    Regarded as one of South Africa's brightest young prospects in his generation. However, was struck by lightning as an amateur in South Africa...Introduced to golf at age 9 by his estate agent father, a 10-handicapper...After U.S. Open win in 2004, made a media tour that included an appearance on "Regis and Kelly" among other shows.

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