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Another Retief Goosen choke gets overlooked: Where's the ogling Mario?
Monday November 13, 2006 | 04:00:45 208 words, 2430 views
Retief Goosen coughed up another tournament on Sunday. Only, no one paid attention because he’s Goosen and Tiger Woods also somehow didn’t win. Still, Goosen shooting a final round 73 - including a nifty four-bogey back nine 39 - at the HSBC Championships in Shanghai shouldn’t be overlooked. And not just because it continues to validate something I wrote almost 18 months ago. After Goosen’s Greg-Norman worthy meltdown at Pinehurst in the 2005 U.S. Open, only one golf voice had the courage to declare Retief Goosen done as a major player. And he has been, not coming close to an important win since or even a minor one on the PGA Tour this season. This blog isn’t about noting my amazing track record that foolish readers doubted (see Wie, Michelle.) Not completely at least. No, it’s to wonder what happened to all those Goosen fans. You know the ones who had his back with indignation after that original post. Even TravelGolf.com’s self-admitted Goosen ogling Jennifer Mario hasn’t had a word to say about her man. Suddenly, Goosen’s not so interesting when he’s sending his shot on 18 into water? It turns out that Goosen’s backers are as mentally weak as the state of his game. That even makes me a little sad. Bookmark/Search this post with:
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Comment from: Shanks [Member]
 · http://www.travelgolf.com/blogs/shanks
The poor play on the back nine was bad enough but that chunky-monkey Goosen hit into the water on 18 was one of the worst shots I've ever seen a professional hit. For a player of his caliber to do that with a wedge is worse than an NFL kicker missing an extra point. Clearly, he has serious emotional baggage.
2006-11-13 @ 09:12
Comment from: Tom [Visitor]
I am South African so quite bias but I love the guy. Always got his back. Maybe he is done but anybody who wins a major gets kudo's from me.
2006-11-13 @ 09:35
Comment from: Brandon Tucker [Member]
· http://www.worldgolf.com/blogs/brandon.tucker
How about trying to predict the next big winner instead of throwing a bunch of names out and hoping they'll crumble. Well done, Kreskin.
Didn't you also predict Phil Mickelson was a fluke who wouldn't win more than one major? You seem to have omitted that in your "Yippee for me!" blog.
2006-11-13 @ 10:06
Comment from: ronmon [Visitor]
· http://travelgolf.com/blogs/ron.mon
Retief wasn't the only one to have a shoddy weekend. Sergio went into the tank against no one in particular in Japan; Jenn Rosales went 83-83 in Tour Championship; Cristien Kerr dropped an 80 on Saturday, but followed up with a 64 on Sunday. The only stud of the weekend was Ochoa, who dusted the field in the LPGA TC.
2006-11-13 @ 23:15
Comment from: One-Putt [Visitor]
Give props to JRO, at least she didn't withdraw after the first round and go home. I guess she should limit her appearances to no cut events.
Paula Creamer would have been in contention if she could have dropped some three footers in the four and a quarter inch hole. Her tee to green performance was excellent with many makeable birdie putts that she failed to convert. Lorena putted like she was aiming at a 55 gallon drum in the ground and her ball striking was quite breathtaking. Winning by ten strokes is "thumpin" the opposition. Back to this Retief guy, isn't he one of those second tier Euro Tour golfers?
2006-11-14 @ 02:47
Comment from: One-Putt [Visitor]
One more thought on Lorena Ochoa fellow bloggers; After carding a double par on the first hole of round three and coming back strong to win with a record score of 21 under par, the name Ochoka is long gone.
If she plays this well at the ADT, she could stuff an additional $1,000,000 in her purse for the season.
2006-11-14 @ 02:58
Comment from: Kristen [Visitor]
· http://golfchick.blogspot.com
Jennifer Mario hasn't had a word to say about anything in a long time! Where in the world is she? Does she still blog with you guys? Is there a foul odor coming from her cubible?
2006-11-14 @ 13:09
Comment from: Harold Thompson [Visitor]
What do you mean she has never made a women's cut? It seems to me that she has a tremendous record in their majors. Perhaps it is the lack of controversy over her entry that makes these non-events...
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