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Jun 25, 2001 · The lightning strike left him with a partial hearing loss in his left ear and an irregular heartbeat, which is controlled through exercise, although Goosen plays as if...
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Oct 10, 2018 · Shortly after being inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame for 2019, two-time US Open winner Retief Goosen has reflected on the time he was once struck by lightning as a 16-year-old. The...
Jun 11, 2019 · Retief Goosen woke up in a hospital room, learning later that his body was blackened, bloodied and lifeless from a lightning strike on a tiny South African golf course. Dennis Walters couldn’t feel anything below his waist and knew his dream of playing professional golf was over.
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Goosen began playing golf at age nine, introduced to the sport by his father. Within several years, he was playing, and winning, junior and amateur tournaments in South Africa. In January 1985, at age 15, Goosen was struck by lightningduring a round of golf. He was knocked unconscious, his clothes burned off his body, and left with no memory of the...
Goosen immediately made his mark in pro golf on his home tour, the Sunshine Tour in South Africa, earning Rookie of the Year honors following the 1991 season. That year included his first win as a pro golfer, the Iscor Newcastle Classic. After three wins on the Sunshine Tour in 1992, Goosen moved up to the European Tour beginning in 1993. From 1996...
The feathers in Goosen's cap are his two victories in the U.S. Open. His first happened in 2001 when, after finishing 72 holes tied with Mark Brooks, Goosen defeated Brooks the next day in an 18-hole playoff. In 2004, under brutal playing conditions at Shinnecock Hills, Goosen survived the final round as most of his challengers collapsed. Goosen ca...
PGA Tour (7) 1. 2001 U.S. Open 2. 2002 BellSouth Classic 3. 2003 Chrysler Championship 4. 2004 U.S. Open 5. 2004 The Tour Championship 6. 2005 The International 7. 2009 Transitions Championship European Tour (14) 1. 1996 Slaley Hall Northumberland Challenge 2. 1997 Peugeot Open de France 3. 1999 Novotel Perrier Open de France 4. 2000 Trophee Lancom...
Jan 30, 2019 · Harrowing story of when Retief Goosen was struck by lightning and nearly died ten years before making his first PGA TOUR start. He turned in a World Golf Hall of Fame career and debuts next week at Oasis Championship.
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Jun 13, 2022 · It’s a return made even more impressive by the fact that Goosen was struck down by lightning mid-round in his teens – you could argue he’s a man who shouldn’t even. be here. But here he most certainly is, and we caught up with him in Orlando, Florida, to recount the highs and lows of.
Jun 21, 2001 · Retief Goosen's mother said her son's personality changed after he was struck by lightning 16 years ago. Goosen, 32, who beat Mark Brooks by two strokes in an 18-hole playoff in Tulsa,...
