Jim Furyk

Jim Furyk
Furyk in 2010
Personal information
Full nameJames Michael Furyk
NicknameMr. 58
Born (1970-05-12) May 12, 1970 (age 53)
West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight185 lb (84 kg)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidencePonte Vedra Beach, Florida, U.S.
Spouse
Tabitha
(m. 2000)
Children2
Career
CollegeUniversity of Arizona
Turned professional1992
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
PGA Tour Champions
Former tour(s)Nike Tour
Professional wins29
Highest ranking2 (September 10, 2006)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour17
European Tour1
Sunshine Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour1
PGA Tour Champions3
European Senior Tour1
Other7
Best results in major championships
(wins: 1)
Masters Tournament4th: 1998, 2003
PGA Championship2nd: 2013
U.S. OpenWon: 2003
The Open Championship4th/T4: 1997, 1998, 2006, 2014
Achievements and awards
Vardon Trophy2006
PGA Tour
FedEx Cup winner
2010
PGA Tour
Player of the Year
2010
PGA Player of the Year2010
GWAA ASAP Sports/
Jim Murray Award
2015
Payne Stewart Award2016
PGA Tour Champions
Rookie of the Year
2020–21
PGA Tour Champions
Byron Nelson Award
2020–21

James Michael Furyk (born May 12, 1970) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the PGA Tour Champions. In 2010, he was the FedEx Cup champion and PGA Tour Player of the Year. 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. He ranked in the top-10 for over 440 weeks between 1999 and 2016.

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. 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.

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 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.

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.

In 2004, he only played in 14 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.

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. His accomplishments in 2010 won him both the PGA Player of the Year and PGA Tour Player of the Year for the first time.

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. 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's first two years as a professional.

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.

Hole 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Out 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 In Total
Par 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 3 5 36 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 35 71
Score 3 2 3 4 4 2 4 2 4 28 4 2 3 3 5 3 3 5 3 31 59

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.

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. 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. 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.

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.

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Par 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 35 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 35 70
Score 4 3 2 3 3 4 3 2 3 27 3 2 3 5 4 4 2 4 4 31 58

On January 11, 2017, Furyk was named as the United States Ryder Cup captain for 2018. 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.

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.

PGA Tour Champions (2020–present)

On August 2, 2020, Furyk made his debut on the PGA Tour Champions, after having turned 50 years old in May 2020. He won The Ally Challenge in his first start on the tour.

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.

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.

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". Gary McCord said that it evokes the image of "a one-armed golfer using an axe to kill a snake in a telephone booth."

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.

Professional wins (29)

PGA Tour wins (17)

Legend
Major championships (1)
FedEx Cup playoff events (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 −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. 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 by 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
García eliminated by 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

Sunshine Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 Dec 3, 2006 Nedbank Golf Challenge 68-66-68-74=276 −12 2 strokes Sweden Henrik Stenson

Nike Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 Aug 1, 1993 Nike Mississippi Gulf Coast Classic 72-68-66=206 −10 Playoff United States Bob Friend

Nike Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1993 Nike Mississippi Gulf Coast Classic United States Bob Friend Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 1993 Nike Bakersfield Open United States Clark Dennis, United States Sonny Skinner Dennis won with birdie on first extra hole

South American Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 Dec 7, 1997 Argentine Open 67-70-68-70=275 −5 3 strokes United States Chris DiMarco, Sweden Mathias Grönberg,
United States Tim Hegna

Other wins (6)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 Nov 5, 1995 Lincoln-Mercury Kapalua International 65-65-71-70=271 −17 2 strokes United States Russ Cochran, England Barry Lane,
United States Jim McGovern
2 Aug 25, 1998 Fred Meyer Challenge
(with United States David Duval)
65-61=126 −18 4 strokes Australia Steve Elkington and United States Craig Stadler,
United States Scott McCarron and United States Paul Stankowski
3 Dec 6, 2003 PGA Grand Slam of Golf 67-68=135 −9 8 strokes Canada Mike Weir
4 Dec 4, 2005 Nedbank Golf Challenge 68-70-72-72=282 −6 Playoff Northern Ireland Darren Clarke, South Africa Retief Goosen,
Australia Adam Scott
5 Oct 15, 2008 PGA Grand Slam of Golf (2) 68-68=136 −4 Playoff Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
6 Dec 6, 2009 Chevron World Challenge 70-71-67-67=275 −13 1 stroke Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell

Other playoff record (2–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2000 Fred Meyer Challenge
(with South Africa David Frost)
United States John Cook and United States Mark O'Meara Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2 2005 Nedbank Golf Challenge Northern Ireland Darren Clarke, South Africa Retief Goosen,
Australia Adam Scott
Won with birdie on second extra hole
Goosen eliminated by par on first hole
3 2008 PGA Grand Slam of Golf Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington Won with eagle on first extra hole

PGA Tour Champions wins (3)

Legend
Senior major championships (1)
Other PGA Tour Champions (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 Aug 2, 2020 The Ally Challenge −14 (68-66-68=202) 2 strokes South Africa Retief Goosen, United States Brett Quigley
2 Sep 20, 2020 PURE Insurance Championship −12 (64-73-67=204) Playoff United States Jerry Kelly
3 Jul 11, 2021 U.S. Senior Open −7 (72-64-66-71=273) 3 strokes South Africa Retief Goosen, Canada Mike Weir

PGA Tour Champions playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2020 PURE Insurance Championship United States Jerry Kelly Won with birdie on first extra hole

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

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Masters Tournament T29 T28 4 T14
U.S. Open T28 T5 T5 T14 T17
The Open Championship T45 4 T4 T10
PGA Championship T13 T17 T6 CUT T8
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Masters Tournament T14 T6 CUT 4 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 2017 2018
Masters Tournament CUT T24 11 T25 T14 CUT CUT
U.S. Open T16 CUT T4 CUT T12 T42 T2 T23 T48
The Open Championship CUT T48 T34 CUT 4 T30 T59
PGA Championship T24 T39 T42 2 T5 T30 T73 CUT T71
Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUT CUT
U.S. Open T28 CUT
The Open Championship T63 NT
 Win
 Top 10
 Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

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
The Open Championship 0 0 0 5 6 7 22 15
Totals 1 4 0 16 23 41 94 73
  • 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 The Players Championship

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Players Championship CUT T13 T53 T35 T17
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
The Players Championship T61 T21 T14 T4 CUT T3 T28 T27 T5
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
The Players Championship T47 CUT T25 CUT 2 T56 T35 CUT 2
 Top 10
 Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

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

1Cancelled due to 9/11

 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.

Senior major championships

Wins (1)

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runners-up
2021 U.S. Senior Open 4 shot lead −7 (72-64-66-71=273) 3 strokes South Africa Retief Goosen, Canada Mike Weir

Results timeline

Tournament 2021 2022 2023
The Tradition T68 T59
Senior PGA Championship T16 T37
U.S. Senior Open 1 T25
Senior Players Championship 6
The Senior Open Championship T16
 Win
 Top 10
 Did not play

"T" indicates a tie for a place

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
2017 0 558,097 152
2018 0 660,010 139
2019 0 2,669,938 34
2020 0 224,450 185
Career* 17 (1) 71,294,997 3

*As of the 2020 season.

U.S. national team appearances

Professional

See also


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