(1969-02-03) 3 February 1969 (age 55) Pietersburg, South Africa
Height
5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight
185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Sporting nationality
South Africa
Residence
Polokwane, South Africa Virginia Water, England Orlando, Florida, U.S. Great Brak River, South Africa
Spouse
Tracy Goosen
(m. 2001)
Children
2
Career
Turned professional
1990
Current tour(s)
PGA Tour Champions
Former tour(s)
European Tour PGA Tour Sunshine Tour
Professional wins
39
Highest ranking
3 (15 January 2006)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour
7
European Tour
14
Asian Tour
5
Sunshine Tour
6
PGA Tour of Australasia
1
PGA Tour Champions
3
Other
9
Best results in major championships (wins: 2)
Masters Tournament
2nd/T2: 2002, 2007
PGA Championship
T6: 2005
U.S. Open
Won: 2001, 2004
The Open Championship
T5: 2005, 2009
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame
2019 (member page)
European Tour Order of Merit winner
2001, 2002
European Tour Golfer of the Year
2001
PGA Tour Champions Rookie of the Year
2019
PGA Tour Champions Byron Nelson Award
2019
Retief Goosen (born 3 February 1969) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He has won two U.S. Opens, in 2001 and 2004, headed the European Tour Order of Merit in 2001 and 2002, and was in the top ten of the world rankings for over 250 weeks between 2001 and 2007.[2] He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame, class of 2019.[3]
^"Week 02 2006 Ending 15 Jan 2006" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
^"69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 in World Ranking" (PDF). Official World Golf Ranking.
^"World Golf Hall of Fame introduces the Class of 2019: Peggy Kirk Bell, Retief Goosen, Billy Payne, Jan Stephenson and Dennis Walters to be enshrined into the World Golf Hall of Fame on June 10, 2019 in Pebble Beach". PGA Tour. 10 October 2018.
RetiefGoosen (born 3 February 1969) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He has won two U.S. Opens, in 2001 and...
consecutive, with a score of 276 (−12), three strokes ahead of runner-up RetiefGoosen. The course was lengthened by 285 yards (261 m) over the previous year...
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Masters Tournament (3) Tied for lead −12 (70-69-66-71=276) 3 strokes RetiefGoosen 2002 U.S. Open (2) 4 shot lead −3 (67-68-70-72=277) 3 strokes Phil Mickelson...
African journalist Johan Goosen (born 1993), South African rugby player Mathys Goosen (born 1996), Dutch swimmer RetiefGoosen (born 1969), South African...
Johnson won his first major championship, two strokes ahead of runners-up RetiefGoosen, Rory Sabbatini, and Tiger Woods. Cool temperatures and gusty winds...
after playing in the final group with friend and fellow countryman RetiefGoosen and surprisingly lost in a playoff in the Open to the then-unknown Todd...
Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, two strokes ahead of runners-up Tiger Woods, RetiefGoosen, and Rory Sabbatini. His score of 289 (+1) tied Sam Snead (1954) and...
S. Senior Open at Omaha Country Club. Furyk defeated Mike Weir and RetiefGoosen by three strokes. The win automatically qualifies him for the 2022 U...
Masters Tournament (3) Tied for lead −12 (70-69-66-71=276) 3 strokes RetiefGoosen 2002 U.S. Open (2) 4 shot lead −3 (67-68-70-72=277) 3 strokes Phil Mickelson...
WGC-World Cup 2000 David Duval and Tiger Woods 2001 Ernie Els and RetiefGoosen 2002 Toshimitsu Izawa and Shigeki Maruyama 2003 Trevor Immelman and Rory...
ended the third round four strokes behind RetiefGoosen, the event's defending champion. On the final day, Goosen ballooned to an 81. Campbell shot 69 (1...
victorious, with a record-equaling six stroke margin over World No. 3 RetiefGoosen, becoming the second-oldest champion in championship history. With the...
tour by playing just four other events. Players such as Ernie Els and RetiefGoosen have taken advantage of this to play the PGA and European Tours concurrently...
Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Ross Fisher (6), Sergio García (6,14,15,19), RetiefGoosen (6), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (6,7,19), Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson (12)...
strokes over Mike Weir and by five strokes over second-round leader RetiefGoosen, who shot a third-round 74. In the 2009 Masters Tournament Johnson became...
2002 Dunhill Championship1 71-66-66-65=268 −20 2 strokes Mark Foster, RetiefGoosen, Martin Maritz 2 2 Jun 2002 Victor Chandler British Masters 70-69-65-65=269...
players have won this tournament more than once: K. J. Choi (2002, 2006) RetiefGoosen (2003, 2009) Paul Casey (2018, 2019) Sam Burns (2021, 2022) "2001 PGA...
not play. 2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Jim Furyk (16,17), RetiefGoosen (10,11,14,15,16,17) 3. The Open champions (last five years) Ben Curtis...
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