Goosen, Campbell feeling rusty ahead of Johnnie Walker Classic

0 Comments | AFP, February, 2006

PERTH (AFP) — Retief Goosen and Michael Campbell complained of suspect swings ahead of this week's 2.1 million US dollar Johnnie Walker Classic at The Vines Resort and Country Club.

Goosen, the world number three who blitzed the field by eight strokes to win the event when it was held at Perth's Lake Karrinyup Country Club in 2002, is eager to get back into the groove.

But the 36-year-old South African, who finished sixth in last week's Dubai Desert Classic, his first tournament since taking a six-week break, said he needed to brush up on a few technicalities before Thursday's first round.

"The golf swing is on a holiday still," he quipped on Tuesday. "But at least the mind is refreshed, and that's what you need around a course is to be fresh on the thinking...