Player Profile

Retief Goosen

BIRTHDATE: 03-Feb-69
BIRTHPLACE: Pietersburg, South Africa
RESIDENCE: Orlando, Florida
FAMILY: spouse: Tracy, 2001; children: Leo James, 2003; Ella Ann, 2004;
VICTORIES: 28 more details

PLAYOFF RECORD: 5-12
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Latest Results in the Last 12 Months

Date	Event	Course	Location	Tour	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Total
2025-11-16	Charles Schwab Cup Championship	Phoenix (Arizona)	Arizona	Champions	32	72	70	70	71		283
2025-10-26	Simmons Bank Championship	Pleasant Valley (Arkansas)	Arkansas	Champions	13	71	67	71			209
2025-10-19	Dominion Energy Charity Classic	Country Club of Virginia	Virginia	Champions	5	68	68	71			207
2025-10-12	SAS Championship	Prestonwood	North Carolina	Champions	21	71	70	76			217
2025-10-05	Constellation Furyk & Friends	Timuquana	Florida	Champions	12	74	71	65			210
2025-09-21	Pure Insurance Championship	Pebble Beach	California	Champions	3	70	71	65			206
2025-09-14	Sanford International	Minnehaha	South Dakota	Champions	1	65	65	67			197
2025-09-07	Stifel Charity Classic	Norwood Hills	Missouri	Champions	24	70	70	70			210
2025-08-24	The Ally Challenge	Warwick Hills	Michigan	Champions	6	68	66	71			205
2025-07-27	Senior British Open	Sunningdale	England	European Legends	31	67	70	70	71		278
2025-06-29	U.S. Senior Open	The Broadmoor	Colorado	Champions	53	70	74	74	73		291
2025-06-22	Kaulig Companies Championship	Firestone	Ohio	Champions	7	68	70	72	67		277
2025-06-08	American Family Insurance Championship	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Champions	31	66	62	68			196
2025-06-01	Principal Charity Classic	Wakonda	Iowa	Champions	11	70	65	69			204
2025-05-25	Senior PGA Championship	Congressional	Maryland	Champions	4	71	72	68	71		282
2025-05-18	Regions Tradition	Greystone (Alabama)	Alabama	Champions	9	73	69	67	66		275
2025-05-04	Insperity Invitational	The Woodlands	Texas	Champions	2	68	67	70			205
2025-04-27	Mitsubishi Electric Classic	Sugarloaf	Georgia	Champions	36	67	71	76			214
2025-04-06	James Hardie Invitational	Broken Sound	Florida	Champions	3	71	69	68			208
2025-03-30	Galleri Classic	Mission Hills	California	Champions	10	71	69	66			206
2025-03-23	Hoag Classic	Newport Beach	California	Champions	29	68	70	70			208
2025-03-09	Cologuard Classic	La Paloma	Arizona	Champions	8	67	68	70			205
2025-02-09	Trophy Hassan II	Dar Es Salam	Morocco	Champions	57	79	77	74			230
2025-01-19	Mitsubishi Electric Championship	Hualalai	Hawaii	Champions	31	71	77	64			212

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Nappy Factor
Last Child born in 2004
Awarded Symbol: False

At best in hot conditions
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 72.74
Five season scoring average - hot conditions: 72.61
Awarded Symbol: False

Very good player in wet weather
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 72.74
Five season scoring average - wet conditions: 72.85
Awarded Symbol: False

Excellent wind player
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 72.74
Five season scoring average - windy conditions: 72.89
Awarded Symbol: False

Sunday supplement: proven �bottle� or appears to lack bottle?
Total score relative to contenders: -16.60
Number of times in contention: 31
Average score relative to contenders: -0.54
Awarded Symbol: No

Final Round Performance vs Average of Contenders

Year	>2 shots better	0-2 shots better	0-2 shots worse	>2 shots worse
2025	1	5	-	1
2024	-	3	1	2
2023	1	1	3	1
2022	1	3	2	-
2021	2	3	-	1

Proven front runner

Retained After 1: 0%
Retained After 2: 100%
Retained After 3: 0%
Awarded Symbol: False

Retained Leads

Year	Rounds 1 thru 2	Rounds 2 thru 3	Rounds 3 thru 4
2025	-	1/1	0/3
2024	0/2	-	0/1
2023	-	-	-
2022	-	-	0/1
2021	0/1	-	-

Significant Birthday

Player�s current age: 43 not significant
Awarded Symbol: False

Accurate from tee to green, but poor putter

12-month greens in regulation rank: 0
12-month putting average rank: 0
period size: 0
top ten % : 0
bottom third: 0
Awarded Symbol: True

Contention rust

Number of times in final round contention in the past 12 months: 6
Awarded Symbol: False

Comeback Trail

Current exemption status:
Awarded Symbol: False

Disappointing this season

Average score this season: 72.27
Average score last season: 72.96
Difference: -0.69
Awarded Symbol: False

Past his best

Average score this season: 72.27
Average score last season: 72.96
Average score 2 seasons ago: 73.10
Awarded Symbol: False

Plays well when fresh from a break

Average score when playing on 2+ weeks' rest: 73.20
Average score when playing on 1 week's rest: 72.94
Average score having played the previous week: 72.45
Awarded Symbol: False

Streaky player

Five season scoring average: 70.11
Standard Deviation: 2.88
Significant score is less than: 67.23
Awarded Symbol: False

Virgin Golfer

Career Victories: 28
Awarded Symbol: False

Retief Goosen - Further Player Analysis

Performance by Location

Region	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
U.S. South-East	33	72.96	23.15	-	18.18	33.33
Alabama	5	73.09	28.60	-	-	40.00
Arkansas	2	72.00	10.00	-	-	50.00
Florida	11	72.60	18.73	-	27.27	27.27
Georgia	5	73.38	27.40	-	-	40.00
Mississippi	1	71.88	5.00	-	100.00	100.00
North Carolina	4	73.58	26.50	-	25.00	25.00
Virginia	5	73.26	29.40	-	20.00	20.00
U.S. North-East	6	72.57	19.33	-	33.33	50.00
Maryland	1	70.07	4.00	-	100.00	100.00
New York	3	73.25	21.00	-	33.33	66.67
Pennsylvania	1	72.81	18.00	-	-	-
Rhode Island	1	73.27	31.00	-	-	-
U.S. Mid-West	28	72.74	21.29	3.57	10.71	32.14
Iowa	3	72.76	19.00	-	-	-
Michigan	6	72.41	16.00	-	-	50.00
Missouri	4	74.64	41.00	-	-	-
Nebraska	1	71.13	2.00	-	100.00	100.00
Ohio	5	72.74	21.40	-	-	20.00
South Dakota	4	72.21	18.00	25.00	25.00	50.00
Wisconsin	5	72.51	19.60	-	20.00	40.00
U.S. South-West	20	72.54	17.55	-	15.00	40.00
Arizona	10	72.76	17.70	-	-	40.00
Oklahoma	1	70.82	3.00	-	100.00	100.00
Texas	9	72.51	19.00	-	22.22	33.33
U.S. West	15	72.33	20.33	13.33	33.33	46.67
California	10	71.97	18.40	20.00	40.00	50.00
Colorado	1	74.24	50.00	-	-	-
Hawaii	4	72.57	17.75	-	25.00	50.00

Performance by Month

Month	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
Jan	4	72.57	17.75	-	25.00	50.00
Feb	7	73.15	29.29	-	14.29	28.57
Mar	11	71.69	16.27	18.18	27.27	54.55
Apr	9	72.56	17.00	-	22.22	33.33
May	17	72.46	22.29	-	23.53	52.94
Jun	14	73.14	24.50	-	7.14	21.43
Jul	10	72.43	17.00	-	30.00	40.00
Aug	4	72.66	13.50	-	-	50.00
Sep	11	73.32	29.82	9.09	18.18	27.27
Oct	15	72.91	22.33	-	20.00	26.67
Nov	8	73.33	20.13	-	-	25.00

Performance by Tournament Quality

Rank	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
Premier	52	72.67	20.94	3.85	15.38	34.62
Mid-Rank	41	72.86	23.02	2.44	17.07	34.15
Low-Rank	12	72.44	17.33	-	33.33	58.33