Jim Furyk

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**Jim Furyk**
Personal Information

Birth:	May 12, 1970, West Chester, Pennsylvania
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Nationality:	United States
Residence:	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Career
College:	University of Arizona
Turned Professional:	1992
Current Tour:	PGA Tour (joined 1992)
Professional wins:	19 (PGA Tour 12; others 7)
Majors:	U.S. Open 2003
Awards:	Vardon Trophy 2006

James Michael Furyk (born May 12, 1970) is an American professional golfer, known for consistently playing at the top level and for a visibly unconventional, looping golf swing. In September 2006 he reached a career high of second in the Official World Golf Rankings^[1].

1 Biography
2 Major Championships
- 2.1 Wins (1)
- 2.2 Results timeline
3 PGA Tour career summary
4 PGA Tour wins (12)
5 Other wins (7)
6 National team appearances
7 References
8 See also
9 External links

[edit] Biography

Furyk was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania. His early years were spent in the Pittsburgh suburbs learning the game from his father, who was head pro at Uniontown Country Club near Pittsburgh. He graduated from Manheim Township High School in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1988 where he was a standout basketball player in addition to being a state champion golfer. He attended the University of Arizona and turned professional in 1992.

Furyk won at least one tournament each year on the PGA Tour 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 Rankings. 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.

In 2004 he only played in fourteen events after missing three months due to surgery to repair cartilage damage in his wrist and he fell out of the top hundred on the money list, but 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 also had a career-best thirteen top-10 finishes, including nine top-3s, four second-place finishes, and two victories.

The only instructor he has ever used is his dad, Mike Furyk, which may account for his unusual swing. His caddy is Mike "Fluff" Cowan, who was Tiger Woods' caddy for Woods' first two years as a professional.

[edit] Major Championships

[edit] Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 Holes	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runners Up
2003	U.S. Open	3 shot lead	-8 (67-66-67-72=272)	3 strokes	Stephen Leaney

[edit] Results timeline

Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters	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
The Masters	T14	T6	CUT	4	DNP	28	T22
U.S. Open	60	T62	CUT	1	T48	T28	T2
The Open Championship	T41	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	4
PGA Championship	T72	T7	9	T18	CUT	T34	T29

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

[edit] PGA Tour career summary

Year	Wins (Majors)	Earnings ($)	Rank
1988	0 (0)	0	NA
1989	0 (0)	0	NA
1990	0 (0)	0	NA
1991	0 (0)	0	NA
1992	0 (0)	0	NA
1993	0 (0)	0	NA
1994	0 (0)	236,603	78
1995	1 (0)	535,380	33
1996	1 (0)	738,950	26
1997	0 (0)	1,619,480	4
1998	1 (0)	2,054,334	3
1999	1 (0)	1,827,593	12
2000	1 (0)	1,940,519	17
2001	1 (0)	2,540,734	13
2002	1 (0)	2,363,250	14
2003	2 (1)	5,182,865	4
2004	0 (0)	691,675	116
2005	1 (0)	4,255,369	4
2006	2 (0)	7,213,316	2
Career*	12 (1)	31,200,066	4