Journal

Nov 18, 2008

Last week I was in Bahrain for the Riffa Views Invitational to celebrate the opening of the Royal Golf Club at Riffa Views. It was an amazing three days, and I was delighted to win the Charity Skins match over the New Montgomerie Course, between Monty, Michael Campbell, Camilo Villegas and myself. My winnings are being donated to my charities, Make a Difference Foundation, the South Africa Disabled Golf Association, the Retief Goosen Golf Academy, and LUPUS UK.

Finishing down the stretch was nice, getting a birdie on the fifth hole to get a big skin there, then on the last hole in the shootout for 50,000, it was nice to win it, if Camilo didn't make his putt, I could've missed my putt, but he made his, so I had to really do well in this shootout to win it.

I'd like to congratulate Monty on his design at Riffa, he's done a great job, it's nice to see the game of golf growing in this area and I'm looking forward to coming back.

I now have some time off before heading down to South Africa for the Gary Player Invitational at Fancourt.

Best wishes

Retief