He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame, class of 2019. On 18 May, in an incident separate to his toe injury, Goosen injured his hand. [24] At the end of the year, he had dropped out of the top 50 in the world rankings for the first time in over a decade. After a tie for 16th place at the U.S. Open at Bethpage Black, Goosen was in contention the very next week in Munich, Germany at the BMW International Open. List of golfers with most European Tour wins, List of golfers with most Asian Tour wins, List of men's major championships winning golfers, "69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 in World 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", Goosen isn't the chattiest Tour player. He had eight other top-10s on the season, two runner-up finishes, including a 2nd place to Tiger Woods at The Masters. He won on one and the other the PGA Tour and the European Tour for the second year in a queue in 2002, a feat he would repeat for the next three years. He recovered enough to grab another set of clubs and take up the game a few weeks later. He has represented South Africa in the Dunhill Cup in 1995, 1996, 1997,1998, 1999 and 2000. I was screaming for help. Note that there is double counting of money earned (and wins) in the majors and World Golf Championships since they became official events on both tours. Potgieter was knocked from his feet and when he stood back up saw Retief lying on the ground on his back. 3 and 4 Irons. Currently, Retief Goosen is 54 years, 2 months and 22 days old. With two international wins in three months, it was a sign of good form to come throughout the season. 5 Clos Iechyd, Pen-y-Fai [citation needed], Goosen played in the Presidents Cup for the International team where he scored 3 points for the week that ended with a tie because Tiger Woods and Ernie Els were involved in a playoff that was not over at sundown, so captains Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus decided that the 2003 matches would be a draw. But he stalled the final three rounds and finished 46th. He picked up his 3rd tour win at the Chrysler Championship in October.
