The Top 5
The top five moments affecting Retief Goosen’s golf career:
1. Wins the U.S. Open in an 18-hole playoff at Southern Hills Country Club.
2. Struck by lightning as 16-year-old amateur and is slow to recover.
3. Breaks arm in skiing accident in Switzerland before 1999 season but comes back to tie for 10th at British Open.
4. Hooks up with Belgian sports psychologist Jos Vanstiphout, wins the Perrier Open in playoff.
5. Gets putting tip from Nick Price and wins 2000 Lancome Trophy.
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