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Article: Goose becomes carnivorous this week.(B)(Sports)(British Open)(Notes)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 18, 2001
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Byline: Barker Davis
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England - A Goose, and not a Tiger, is momentarily golf's most dangerous predator.
Nobody comes to the 130th British Open hotter than Retief Goosen. Over the last five weeks, the 32-year-old South African has cemented his status as one of the game's premier players, winning the U.S. Open and the Scottish Open and recording top-six finishes in his other two starts.
"It's been quite a run," Goosen said yesterday. "It is nice when you play well and everything seems to be going your way. . . . It's an incredible feeling to think you're going to play well every time you tee it up. You almost don't want ...