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Jim Furyk
Jim Furyk
Jim Furyk
James Michael Furyk (born May 12, 1970) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour
Jim Furyk
and the PGA Tour Champions. In 2010, he was the FedEx Cup champion and PGA Tour Player of the Year.[2]
He has won one major championship, the 2003 U.S. Open. Furyk holds the record for the lowest score in
PGA Tour history, a round of 58 which he shot during the final round of the 2016 Travelers Championship,
and has earned notoriety for his unorthodox golf swing.
In September 2006 he reached a career high of second in the Official World Golf Ranking.[3] He ranked in
the top-10 for over 440 weeks between 1999 and 2016.[4][5]
Early life
Furyk was born on May 12, 1970, in West Chester, Pennsylvania. His ancestry is Czech and Polish on his
mother's side and Ukrainian and Hungarian on his father's side.[6][7] 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, Pennsylvania. 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,
Pennsylvania.[8]
Furyk 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 Furyk in 2010
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.[9] Personal information
Full name James Michael
In 2004, he only played in 14 events after missing three months due to Sporting nationality United
surgery to repair cartilage damage in his wrist; he missed six cuts and his States
highest finish was T6, which caused him to fall out of the top hundred on Residence Ponte Vedra
the money list. He returned to good form in 2005 and regained his top Beach, Florida,
ten ranking, winning a PGA Tour event in that year and two in 2006. In U.S.
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, Spouse Tabitha (m. 2000)
including nine top-3s, four second-place finishes, and two victories.[11][12] Children 2
Furyk at the 2004 Ryder Cup Career
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 College University of
2010: The Transitions Championship, the Verizon Heritage, and the season-ending Tour Championship. His Arizona
victory in the Tour Championship also earned him the 2010 FedEx Cup after winning by one stroke.[13] His Turned professional 1992
accomplishments in 2010 won him both the PGA Player of the Year[14] and PGA Tour Player of the Year for
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
the first time.[15]
PGA Tour
Since 2012, Furyk has come close on several occasions to winning more titles. At the 2012 U.S. Open, Furyk Champions
led after 54 holes and was still the leader deep into the final day, before snap hooking his drive into the trees Former tour(s) Nike Tour
at the 16th which led to a bogey and was followed by another at the 18th. He finished in a tie for fourth, two
Professional wins 29
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 Highest ranking 2 (September 10,
double-bogey cost him the title to Keegan Bradley.[16] At the 2013 PGA Championship, Furyk led by one 2006)[1]
stroke going into the final day over Jason Dufner, but this time his lead was overturned on the front nine and Number of wins by tour
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's first two years as a professional.[17] PGA Tour 17
European Tour 1
On September 13, 2013, Furyk shot a 12-under-par 59 in the second round of the BMW Championship at
Sunshine Tour 1
Conway Farms Golf Club in Lake Forest, Illinois, becoming just the sixth player to shoot 59 in a PGA Tour
event.[18] Korn Ferry Tour 1
PGA Tour Champions 3
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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.[20] 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.[21]
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.[22][23]
On January 11, 2017, Furyk was named as the United States Ryder Cup captain for 2018.[24] At the 2018 Ryder Cup, the U.S. lost to the Europe team by
17½ points to 10½ at Le Golf National in France. Following the matches, Furyk was subject to criticism from Masters champion Patrick Reed. Reed
criticized Furyk's manner of making pairings and, more specifically, his decision to break up the previously successful Reed-Jordan Spieth pairing.[25]
The 2017–18 season was the first time Furyk was not fully exempt on the PGA Tour, playing the season with only past champion status. He started the
2018–19 season out of the 126–150 category.
On March 17, 2019, Furyk finished second in The Players Championship, one stroke behind Rory McIlroy. It was a welcome result for 48-year-old
Furyk, who barely qualified for the tournament and who had struggled with injury and poor play in 2017 and 2018.[26]
In his second start on the PGA Tour Champions, on September 20, 2020, Furyk won the PURE Insurance Championship at Pebble Beach Golf Links in
a playoff over Jerry Kelly. He joined Arnold Palmer and Bruce Fleisher as the only golfers to win their first two starts on tour.[28]
In July 2021, Furyk won his first senior major tournament, the U.S. Senior Open at Omaha Country Club. Furyk defeated Mike Weir and Retief Goosen
by three strokes. The win automatically qualifies him for the 2022 U.S. Open.[29]
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.
David Feherty described Furyk's swing as "an octopus falling out of a tree".[30] Gary McCord said that it evokes the image of "a one-armed golfer using
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an axe to kill a snake in a telephone booth."[31][32]
Personal life
Furyk is married to his wife Tabitha, and they have two children. He owns homes in the Kapalua Resort and in Ponte Vedra Beach.[33]
Legend
Major championships (1)
FedEx Cup playoff events (1)
Other PGA Tour (15)
Margin of
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Runner(s)-up
victory
1 Oct 15, 1995 Las Vegas Invitational 67-65-65-67-67=331 −28 1 stroke Billy Mayfair
2 Feb 18, 1996 United Airlines Hawaiian Open 68-71-69-69=277 −11 Playoff Brad Faxon
3 Oct 18, 1998 Las Vegas Invitational (2) 67-68-69-63-68=335 −25 1 stroke Mark Calcavecchia
4 Oct 17, 1999 Las Vegas Invitational (3) 67-64-63-71-66=331 −29 1 stroke Jonathan Kaye
6 Jan 14, 2001 Mercedes Championships 69-69-69-67=274 −18 1 stroke Rory Sabbatini
7 May 26, 2002 Memorial Tournament 71-70-68-65=274 −14 2 strokes John Cook, David Peoples
8 Jun 15, 2003 U.S. Open 67-66-67-72=272 −8 3 strokes Stephen Leaney
Briny Baird, Chris DiMarco,
9 Aug 3, 2003 Buick Open 68-66-65-68=267 −21 2 strokes
Geoff Ogilvy, Tiger Woods
10 Jul 3, 2005 Cialis Western Open 64-70-67-69=270 −14 2 strokes Tiger Woods
12 Sep 10, 2006 Canadian Open 63-71-67-65=266 −14 1 stroke Bart Bryant
13 Jul 29, 2007 Canadian Open (2) 69-66-69-64=268 −16 1 stroke Vijay Singh
15 Apr 18, 2010 Verizon Heritage 67-68-67-69=271 −13 Playoff Brian Davis
16 Sep 26, 2010 The Tour Championship 67-65-70-70=272 −8 1 stroke Luke Donald
17 Apr 19, 2015 RBC Heritage (2) 71-64-68-63=266 −18 Playoff Kevin Kisner
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8 2006 Wachovia Championship Trevor Immelman Won with par on first extra hole
9 2007 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Bernhard Langer, Rory Sabbatini Sabbatini won with birdie on first extra hole
10 2010 Verizon Heritage Brian Davis Won with par on first extra hole
Bae Sang-moon, Luke Donald,
11 2012 Transitions Championship Donald won with birdie on first extra hole
Robert Garrigus
12 2015 RBC Heritage Kevin Kisner Won with birdie on second extra hole
Margin of
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Runner-up
victory
1 Dec 3, 2006 Nedbank Golf Challenge 68-66-68-74=276 −12 2 strokes Henrik Stenson
Margin of
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Runner-up
victory
1 Aug 1, 1993 Nike Mississippi Gulf Coast Classic 72-68-66=206 −10 Playoff Bob Friend
Margin of
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Runners-up
victory
Margin of
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Runner(s)-up
victory
Russ Cochran, Barry Lane,
1 Nov 5, 1995 Lincoln-Mercury Kapalua International 65-65-71-70=271 −17 2 strokes
Jim McGovern
Fred Meyer Challenge Steve Elkington and Craig Stadler,
2 Aug 25, 1998 65-61=126 −18 4 strokes
(with David Duval) Scott McCarron and Paul Stankowski
3 Dec 6, 2003 PGA Grand Slam of Golf 67-68=135 −9 8 strokes Mike Weir
6 Dec 6, 2009 Chevron World Challenge 70-71-67-67=275 −13 1 stroke Graeme McDowell
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Other playoff record (2–1)
Darren Clarke, Retief Goosen, Won with birdie on second extra hole
2 2005 Nedbank Golf Challenge
Adam Scott Goosen eliminated by par on first hole
3 2008 PGA Grand Slam of Golf Pádraig Harrington Won with eagle on first extra hole
Legend
Senior major championships (1)
Other PGA Tour Champions (2)
Margin of
No. Date Tournament Winning score Runner(s)-up
victory
1 Aug 2, 2020 The Ally Challenge −14 (68-66-68=202) 2 strokes Retief Goosen, Brett Quigley
2 Sep 20, 2020 PURE Insurance Championship −12 (64-73-67=204) Playoff Jerry Kelly
3 Jul 11, 2021 U.S. Senior Open −7 (72-64-66-71=273) 3 strokes Retief Goosen, Mike Weir
Major championships
Wins (1)
Results timeline
Summary
Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 2 4 12 20 16
PGA Championship 0 1 0 2 6 10 26 20
U.S. Open 1 3 0 7 7 12 26 22
Most consecutive cuts made – 13 (1994 U.S. Open – 1998 Open Championship)
Longest streak of top-10s – 4 (1997 U.S. Open – 1998 Masters)
Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Championship T11 NT1 T33 T12 T36 T15 4 T35 T2 3 T37 T49 T35 T62 T12 T58
Match Play R64 R16 DNP R16 R16 R64 R64 R32 R64 R16 R32 R64 R64 R32 QF 4 T30 T17
Invitational T10 T4 2 T6 T6 T22 T24 3 T27 T51 T6 T23 T2 T9 T15 T3 T42 T27
Champions T62
Top 10
Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
Wins (1)
2021 U.S. Senior Open 4 shot lead −7 (72-64-66-71=273) 3 strokes Retief Goosen, Mike Weir
Results timeline
Tournament 2021 2022 2023
The Tradition T68 T59
Senior PGA Championship T16
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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
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
2017 0 558,097 152
2019 0 2,669,938 34
2020 0 224,450 185
Ryder Cup: 1997, 1999 (winners), 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 (winners), 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018 (non-playing captain)
Presidents Cup: 1998, 2000 (winners), 2003 (tie), 2005 (winners), 2007 (winners), 2009 (winners), 2011 (winners)
Presidents Cup record W–L–H: 20–10–3
World Cup: 2003
Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (representing PGA Tour): 2002 (winners)
See also
1993 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins
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Lowest rounds of golf
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External links
Official website (http://www.jimfuryk.com)
Jim Furyk (https://www.pgatour.com/player/10809) at the PGA Tour official site
Jim Furyk (https://www.owgr.com/playerprofile/2881) at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
Site featuring Jim's instructional Short Game video (https://web.archive.org/web/20070305164451/http://www.expertinsight.com/index.php/golf/)
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