Jim Furyk

Jim Furyk
— Golfer —

Furyk in 2010
Personal information
Full name James Michael Furyk
Nickname Mr. 58
Born (1970-05-12) May 12, 1970
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
Sunshine Tour 1
Web.com Tour 1
Other 8
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
Payne Stewart Award 2016

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. Furyk holds the record for the lowest score in PGA Tour history with a 58 which he shot during the final round of the 2016 Travelers Championship.

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 430 weeks between 1999 and 2015.[3][4]

Early life

Furyk was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania. His ancestry is Czech and Polish on his mother's side and Ukrainian and Hungarian on his father's side.[5][6] 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 also head pro at Uniontown Country Club in Uniontown, Fayette County.[7]

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.[8]

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 15, 2003, when he tied the record for the lowest 72-hole score in U.S. Open history to win his first major championship.[9]

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.[10][11]

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.[12] His accomplishments in 2010 won him both the PGA Player of the Year[13] and PGA Tour Player of the Year for the first time.[14]

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.[15]

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.[16]

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.[17]

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.

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.[18] 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 withdrawal since 1995, it also came at the same course he had shot a 59 two years before.[19] 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.[20]

Furyk missed the early part of the 2016 season after under-going wrist surgery. This caused him to miss the 2016 Masters Tournament and brought to end a run of 47 consecutive major championship appearances. In June 2016, at the 2016 U.S. Open, Furyk finished in a tie for second, three shots behind Dustin Johnson at one under par. He shot a four-under round of 66 in the final round to vault up the leaderboard. This was the third time during his career Furyk had been runner-up at the U.S. Open.

On August 7, 2016, Furyk shot a 12-under-par 58 in the final round of the Travelers Championship at TPC at River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut, becoming the first player to shoot 58 in a PGA Tour event. This also made Furyk the first PGA Tour pro to card two rounds under 60.[21][22]

Swing

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. David Feherty described Furyk's swing as "an octopus falling out of a tree".[23] Gary McCord said that it evokes the image of "a one-armed golfer using an axe to kill a snake in a telephone booth."[24][25]

Professional wins (27)

PGA Tour wins (17)

Legend
Major championships (1)
FedEx Cup playoff event (1)
Other PGA Tour (15)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin 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 −18 1 stroke South Africa Rory Sabbatini
7 May 26, 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.YearTournamentOpponent(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)

Sunshine Tour wins (1)

Other wins (8)

Major championships

Wins (1)

YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner-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 2016
Masters Tournament CUT T24 11 T25 T14 CUT DNP
U.S. Open T16 CUT T4 CUT T12 T42 T2
The Open Championship CUT T48 T34 CUT 4 T30 T59
PGA Championship T24 T39 T42 2 T5 T30 T73

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
DNP = Did not play
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 3 0 7 7 11 22 19
The Open Championship 0 0 0 5 6 7 21 14
PGA Championship 0 1 0 2 6 10 22 19
Totals 1 4 0 16 23 40 84 68

Results in World Golf Championship events

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament1999200020012002200320042005200620072008
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
Tournament20092010201120122013201420152016
Cadillac Championship 3 T37 T49 DNP T35 T62 T12 DNP
Cadillac Match Play Championship R16 R32 R64 R64 R32 QF 4 DNP
Bridgestone Invitational T51 T6 T23 T2 T9 T15 T3 T42
HSBC Champions DNP DNP T62 DNP 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
2016 0 1,538,204 71
Career* 17 (1) $67,182,502 4

*As of the conclusion of the 2016 season.

U.S. national team appearances

Professional

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Daily Wrap-up, Round 4: The Tour Championship". PGA Tour. September 26, 2010. Retrieved September 27, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Jim Furyk Wins the Canadian Open and is the New World Number Two". Official World Golf Ranking. September 11, 2006. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  3. ↑ "69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking" (PDF). Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Players who have reached the Top Ten in the Official World Golf Ranking since 1986". European Tour Official Guide 09 (38th ed.). PGA European Tour. 2009. p. 558.
  5. ↑ Morfit, Cameron (December 8, 2011). "Jim Furyk on hitting his prime at 40 and his future in the broadcast booth". golf.com.
  6. ↑ Hawkins, John (June 1, 2008). "We Know What You Did Last Summer". Golf Digest.
  7. ↑ "About Jim". Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Former Wildcat Jim Furyk Wins U.S. Open Championship". June 16, 2003. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  9. ↑ "History - The Official Site of the 114th U.S. Open Championship conducted by the USGA". Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Jim Furyk – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Jim Furyk – PGA Tour Career Summary". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Jim Furyk edges Luke Donald to win Tour Championship". BBC Sport. September 27, 2010. Archived from the original on September 29, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2010.
  13. ↑ "Career Feats: Furyk named PGA Player of the Year; Kuchar earns first Vardon Trophy". PGA of America. November 15, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Furyk named PGA Tour's Player of the Year". PGA Tour. December 4, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Keegan Bradley wins after 64". ESPN. Associated Press. August 6, 2012. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  16. ↑ Brinson, Will (June 11, 2014). "Mike 'Fluff' Cowan doing double caddy duty at 2014 U.S. Open". CBS Sports.
  17. ↑ "Jim Furyk hits golf's magic mark". ESPN. September 13, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  18. ↑ "Jim Furyk once again fails to convert 54 hole lead". Golf Channel. February 15, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  19. ↑ Harig, Bob (September 17, 2015). "Jim Furyk drops out after six holes". ESPN.
  20. ↑ "Holmes to replace Furyk at Presidents Cup". Presidents Cup. October 2, 2015.
  21. ↑ Schwartz, Nick (7 August 2016). "Jim Furyk shoots lowest score in PGA Tour history". Fox Sports.
  22. ↑ Sobel, Jason (August 7, 2016). "Jim Furyk notches record for best PGA Tour round". ESPN.
  23. ↑ "Patience is pivotal for inconsistent Furyk". The Scotsman. July 18, 2007.
  24. ↑ Richardson, John (June 5, 2014). 50 Greatest Golf Tips: Making the Dream Round a Reality. Belfast: Blackstaff Press. ISBN 9781634504713.
  25. ↑ "Ryder Cup profile: Jim Furyk". The Guardian. September 13, 2004. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
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