Jim Furyk

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Jim Furyk
— Golfer —
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Furyk in 2010
Personal information
Full name James Michael Furyk
Born (1970-05-12) May 12, 1970 (age 53)
West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Nationality  United States
Residence Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, U.S.
Spouse Tabitha (m. 2000-present); 2 children
Career
College University of Arizona
Turned professional 1992
Current tour(s) PGA Tour (joined 1994)
Former tour(s) Nike Tour
Professional wins 27
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 17
Web.com Tour 1
Other 9
Best results in major championships
(wins: 1)
Masters Tournament 4th: 1998, 2003
U.S. Open Won: 2003
The Open Championship 4th/T4: 1997, 1998, 2006, 2014
PGA Championship 2nd: 2013
Achievements and awards
Vardon Trophy 2006
FedEx Cup Champion 2010
PGA Player of the Year 2010
PGA Tour
Player of the Year
2010
GWAA ASAP Sports/
Jim Murray Award
2015

James Michael Furyk (born May 12, 1970) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. In 2010 he was the FedEx Cup champion and PGA Tour Player of the Year.[1] He has won one major championship, the 2003 U.S. Open.

In September 2006 he reached a career high of second in the Official World Golf Ranking.[2] He ranked in the top-10 for over 380 weeks between 1999 and 2015.[3][4]

Early life

Furyk was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania. His father, Mike, was an assistant pro at the Edgmont Country Club and later also spent time as a pro at West Chester Golf and Country Club as well as Hidden Springs Golf Course in Horsham. His early years were spent in the Pittsburgh suburbs learning the game from his father, who was head pro at Uniontown Country Club.[citation needed]

He graduated from Manheim Township High School in Lancaster County in 1988, where he played basketball in addition to being a state champion golfer. He played his junior golf at Meadia Heights Golf Club just south of Lancaster city. He played college golf at the University of Arizona in Tucson, where he was an All-American twice, and led the Wildcats to their first (and only) NCAA title in 1992.[5]

Professional career

Furyk at the 2004 Ryder Cup

Furyk turned professional in 1992. He won the Nike Mississippi Gulf Coast Classic on the Nike Tour in 1993. He joined the PGA Tour in 1994 and won at least one tournament each year between 1998 and 2003. At the time, this was the second-best streak of winning seasons behind Tiger Woods and he made the top ten in the Official World Golf Ranking. Furyk's biggest win to date came on June 16, 2003, when he tied the record for the lowest 72-hole score in U.S. Open history to win his first major championship.[6]

In 2004, he only played in fourteen events after missing three months due to surgery to repair cartilage damage in his wrist; he missed six cuts and his highest finish was T6, which caused him to fall out of the top hundred on the money list. He returned to good form in 2005 and regained his top ten ranking, winning a PGA Tour event in that year and two in 2006. In the 2006 season, he finished a career-high second on the money list and won the Vardon Trophy for the first time. He had 13 top-10 finishes, including nine top-3s, four second-place finishes, and two victories.[7][8]

The 2010 season was a banner one for Furyk. After going more than two seasons winless, he won a career-best three tournaments on Tour in 2010: The Transitions Championship, the Verizon Heritage, and the season-ending Tour Championship. His victory in the Tour Championship also earned him the 2010 FedEx Cup after winning by one stroke.[9] His accomplishments in 2010 won him both the PGA Player of the Year[10] and PGA Tour Player of the Year for the first time.[11]

Since 2012, Furyk has come close on several occasions to winning more titles. At the 2012 U.S. Open, Furyk led after 54 holes and was still the leader deep into the final day, before snap hooking his drive into the trees at the 16th which led to a bogey and was followed by another at the 18th. He finished in a tie for fourth, two strokes behind Webb Simpson. At the 2012 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Furyk led after the first three rounds and looked set to win the championship as he held a one-stroke lead going into the final hole, but a double-bogey cost him the title to Keegan Bradley.[12]

At the 2013 PGA Championship, Furyk led by one stroke going into the final day over Jason Dufner, but this time his lead was overturned on the front nine and he was unable to reduce the deficit as Dufner won by two strokes. Furyk's caddy since 1999 has been Mike "Fluff" Cowan, who was Tiger Woods' caddy for Woods' first two years as a professional.[13]

Furyk at the 2008 Players

On September 13, 2013, Furyk shot a 12-under-par 59 in the second round of the BMW Championship at Conway Farms Golf Club in Lake Forest, Illinois, becoming just the sixth player to shoot 59 in a PGA Tour event.[14]

In July 2014, Furyk held the 54-hole lead at the RBC Canadian Open, with a three stroke advantage over his nearest competitor Tim Clark. However Clark produced five birdies in his last eight holes to claim the title, after Furyk missed a 12 footer on the 18th green to force a playoff. The three shot margin was the largest 54-hole lead Furyk has ever lost in his tour career.[citation needed]

In February 2015, Furyk held a one shot lead at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am going into the final round, but shot a two over round of 74 to finish six strokes behind Brandt Snedeker. Furyk's round was the worst of any player to finish within the top 50 on the final day. Since Furyk's last victory at The Tour Championship in 2010, he is 0-for-9 with a lead/co-lead after 54 holes.[15] On April 19, 2015, Furyk ended the long slump when he defeated Kevin Kisner with birdie on the second playoff hole at the RBC Heritage. The victory was his second at the event and his 17th victory on the PGA Tour.

In 2015, at the BMW Championship, Furyk withdrew with a wrist injury. This was his first withdraw since 1995, it also came at the same course he had shot a 59 two years before.[16] Furyk qualified for the 2015 Presidents Cup team but could not play due to the same injury and instead became an assistant captain. J. B. Holmes replaced him on the team.[17]

Other

As Mike Furyk describes in a Golf Digest issue in 2001, Jim Furyk's hips "underturn" during the backswing and "overturn" coming down. On the downswing, he draws the club in a large arc behind his body (viewing from his right hand side), then pastes his elbow against his right hip at impact. Golf commentator Gary McCord has said it looks like Furyk is trying to swing inside a phone booth. Another commentator David Feherty memorably described Furyk's swing as "an octopus falling out of a tree". Others have noted it reminds them of "a one-armed golfer using an axe to kill a snake in a telephone booth."[18]

Professional wins (27)

PGA Tour wins (17)

Legend
Major championships (1)
FedEx Cup playoff event (1)
Other PGA Tour (15)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 Oct 15, 1995 Las Vegas Invitational 67-65-65-67-67=331 −28 1 stroke United States Billy Mayfair
2 Feb 18, 1996 United Airlines Hawaiian Open 68-71-69-69=277 −11 Playoff United States Brad Faxon
3 Oct 18, 1998 Las Vegas Invitational (2) 67-68-69-63-68=335 −25 1 stroke United States Mark Calcavecchia
4 Oct 17, 1999 Las Vegas Invitational (3) 67-64-63-71-66=331 −29 1 stroke United States Jonathan Kaye
5 Mar 6, 2000 Doral-Ryder Open 65-67-68-65=265 −23 2 strokes United States Franklin Langham
6 Jan 14, 2001 Mercedes Championships 69-69-69-67=274 −14 1 stroke South Africa Rory Sabbatini
7 May 24, 2002 Memorial Tournament 71-70-68-65=274 −14 2 strokes United States John Cook, United States David Peoples
8 Jun 15, 2003 U.S. Open 67-66-67-72=272 −8 3 strokes Australia Stephen Leaney
9 Aug 3, 2003 Buick Open 68-66-65-68=267 −21 2 strokes United States Briny Baird, United States Chris DiMarco,
Australia Geoff Ogilvy, United States Tiger Woods
10 Jul 3, 2005 Cialis Western Open 64-70-67-69=270 −14 2 strokes United States Tiger Woods
11 May 7, 2006 Wachovia Championship 68-69-68-71=276 −12 Playoff South Africa Trevor Immelman
12 Sep 10, 2006 Canadian Open 63-71-67-65=266 −14 1 stroke United States Bart Bryant
13 Jul 29, 2007 Canadian Open (2) 69-66-69-64=268 −16 1 stroke Fiji Vijay Singh
14 Mar 21, 2010 Transitions Championship 67-68-67-69=271 −13 1 stroke South Korea K. J. Choi
15 Apr 18, 2010 Verizon Heritage 67-68-67-69=271 −13 Playoff England Brian Davis
16 Sep 26, 2010 The Tour Championship 67-65-70-70=272 −8 1 stroke England Luke Donald
17 Apr 19, 2015 RBC Heritage (2) 71-64-68-63=266 −18 Playoff United States Kevin Kisner

PGA Tour playoff record (4–8)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1996 United Airlines Hawaiian Open United States Brad Faxon Won with birdie on third extra hole
2 1997 United Airlines Hawaiian Open United States Mike Reid, United States Paul Stankowski Stankowski won with birdie on fourth extra hole
Reid eliminated with par on first hole
3 1998 Buick Classic United States J.P. Hayes Lost to birdie on first extra hole
4 2001 WGC-NEC Invitational United States Tiger Woods Lost to birdie on seventh extra hole
5 2003 Ford Championship at Doral United States Scott Hoch Lost to birdie on third extra hole
6 2005 Wachovia Championship Spain Sergio García, Fiji Vijay Singh Singh won with par on fourth extra hole
Garcia eliminated with par on first hole
7 2005 Michelin Championship at Las Vegas United States Wes Short, Jr. Lost to par on second extra hole
8 2006 Wachovia Championship South Africa Trevor Immelman Won with par on first extra hole
9 2007 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Germany Bernhard Langer, South Africa Rory Sabbatini Sabbatini won with birdie on first extra hole
10 2010 Verizon Heritage England Brian Davis Won with par on first extra hole
11 2012 Transitions Championship South Korea Bae Sang-moon, England Luke Donald, United States Robert Garrigus Donald won with birdie on first extra hole
12 2015 RBC Heritage United States Kevin Kisner Won with birdie on second extra hole

Nike Tour wins (1)

Other wins (9)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner-up
2003 U.S. Open 3 shot lead −8 (67-66-67-72=272) 3 strokes Australia Stephen Leaney

Results timeline

Tournament 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Masters Tournament DNP DNP T29 T28 4 T14
U.S. Open T28 DNP T5 T5 T14 T17
The Open Championship DNP DNP T45 4 T4 T10
PGA Championship DNP T13 T17 T6 CUT T8
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Masters Tournament T14 T6 CUT 4 DNP 28 T22 T13 T33 T10
U.S. Open 60 T62 CUT 1 T48 T28 T2 T2 T36 T33
The Open Championship T41 CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT 4 T12 T5 T34
PGA Championship T72 T7 9 T18 CUT T34 T29 CUT T29 T63
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Masters Tournament CUT T24 11 T25 T14 CUT
U.S. Open T16 CUT T4 CUT T12 T42
The Open Championship CUT T48 T34 CUT 4 T30
PGA Championship T24 T39 T42 2 T5 T30

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 2 4 12 19 16
U.S. Open 1 2 0 6 6 10 21 18
The Open Championship 0 0 0 5 6 7 20 13
PGA Championship 0 1 0 2 6 10 21 18
Totals 1 3 0 15 22 40 82 66
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 13 (1994 U.S. Open – 1998 Open Championship)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 4 (1997 U.S. Open – 1998 Masters)

Results in World Golf Championship events

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Cadillac Match Play Championship R64 R16 DNP R16 R16 DNP R64 R64 R32 R64
Cadillac Championship T11 DNP NT1 T33 T12 T36 T15 4 T35 T2
Bridgestone Invitational T10 T4 2 T6 T6 T22 T24 3 DNP T27
Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Cadillac Championship 3 T37 T49 DNP T35 T62 T12
Cadillac Match Play Championship R16 R32 R64 R64 R32 QF 4
Bridgestone Invitational T51 T6 T23 T2 T9 T15 T3
HSBC Champions DNP DNP T62 DNP DNP DNP DNP

1Cancelled due to 9/11
DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Yellow background for top-10.
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

PGA Tour career summary

Season Wins (Majors) Earnings ($) Rank
1994 0 236,603 78
1995 1 535,380 33
1996 1 738,950 26
1997 0 1,619,480 4
1998 1 2,054,334 3
1999 1 1,827,593 12
2000 1 1,940,519 17
2001 1 2,540,734 13
2002 1 2,363,250 14
2003 2 (1) 5,182,865 4
2004 0 691,675 116
2005 1 4,255,369 4
2006 2 7,213,316 2
2007 1 4,154,046 7
2008 0 3,455,714 12
2009 0 3,946,515 7
2010 3 4,809,622 2
2011 0 1,529,690 53
2012 0 3,623,805 12
2013 0 3,204,779 15
2014 0 5,987,395 3
2015 1 3,732,664 16
Career* 17 (1) $65,644,297 4

*As of the 2014–15 season.

U.S. national team appearances

Professional

See also

References

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