Goosen’s mastering his game on time

13 April 2012

Retief Goosen has hit form at the right time with The Masters just two weeks away, winning the Transitions Championship in Tampa, his seventh PGA Tour success.

The 40-year-old had dropped from third in the world to 49th before his revival which has seen him win in Malaysia in November and his native South Africa in January.

Goosen won by a stroke in Florida from Americans Charles Howell and Brett Quigley, a closing one-under 70 giving him the $972,000 first prize over the Copperhead course at the Innisbrook Resort where he also took the 2003 Chrysler Championship.

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