Round 4: BMW Championship
September 18 2011
6:46 pm
Furyk won’t be in Atlanta to defend title
By Mike McAllister, PGATOUR.COM
LEMONT, Ill. — Jim Furyk figured if he could stay around par in Sunday’s final round of the BMW Championship, he’d be in good shape to advance to next week’s TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola.
But Sunday wasn’t Furyk’s day. He bogeyed four straight holes early in his round and could never rally back, eventually shooting a 5-over 76 to finish even par for the tournament.
As a result, the reigning FedExCup champion will not be at East Lake to defend his title.
"Not my best day, and I’m disappointed I won’t be at the TOUR Championship," Furyk said. "I probably didn’t need to play that well today; probably shooting 1- or 2-over par would have gotten me in.
"So thinking about it that way, it’s disappointing."
Furyk started the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup ranked 60th in points but had moved up to 35th starting this week. He was 5 under through the first three rounds and was projected to move to 28th going into Sunday.
"I felt like I caught some momentum," he said.
But the normally accurate Furyk struggled to find fairways and greens on Sunday. His only birdie came when he holed a bunker shot at the par-4 17th. By then, it was too late.
"I think statistically speaking, if I hit the green from the fairway today, I was probably worse off than hitting it in a bunker," Furyk said.
If there’s a consolation prize for Furyk, it’s that he automatically qualified for the U.S. Presidents Cup team. He came into the week ninth in Presidents Cup points and fell to 10th, but that was good enough to earn one of the 10 spots after Sunday’s tournament.
"Everyone knows I value Presidents Cup and Ryder Cup teams a lot," Furyk said. "I take a lot of pride in making those teams."
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This entire PGA Golf season has been full of surprises. No longer did we have Tiger Woods dominating the stage. Instead we saw young players displaying some phenomenal talent out on some of the most difficult courses in the world. I feel bad for Jim Furyk and others but this year seems to be the year of young stars. And even he would have to agree with their level of consistency in tournament after tournament. They are proven winners. It is great for the game of golf.
I couldn’t agree with you more regarding the amount of talent on the tour right now. It is great seeing sudden death week after week. As the younger players establish their Sunday confidence, dealing with defending a lead and hanging on for the win, we get to see a lot of nerve rattling golf. It is exciting seeing 5 or 6 guys near the top on Saturday late afternoon and knowing Sunday is going to be exciting. It’s the only sport that has an open opportunity in the final round and it is a blast to watch!
I agree with you both. It’s become a habit to tune in every week to gape at the 4th round action in spite of repetitive advertising breaks that reach nauseating levels.
I don’t miss Woods (and his drama) at all, but Furyk’s win-less season really took me by surprise. In fact, I think he missed more cuts this year than any other in his entire career.
I MUST BE MISSING SOMETHING/,WHERE IS ALL THIS riveting golf with phenomenal young talent being played.all iv’e been watching is the p.g.a. where i seen rory mcilory choke just hearing the noise from tiger fans,he improved to win u/s open under no pressure ,he’s done nothing since. darren clarke won the b/open but i wouldn’t class him as young and he is just a good honest golfer at best.k/bradley won the p.g.a.by defeating j/duffner who has been around forever and done nothing ecept choke and hand over the trophy,bradley him/self bladed a chip in the water also[not very convincing],a couple of weeks ago i seen chez reavie loose because he can’t hit a green with a wedge.last week j/rose who has been around forever wins .most of the young stars done nothing,watney watson day bradley fowler johnson.alot of former stars can’t handle the pressure so the have the help of the long stick.no 3 in the world pulls out because he doesn’t like the course.iam with you guy’s this is re;;;;;;;;;;ly exciting stuff.anyway what channel is this other golf on?.
I MUST BE MISSING SOMETHING/,WHERE IS ALL THIS riveting golf with phenomenal young talent being played.all iv’e been watching is the p.g.a. where i seen rory mcilory choke just hearing the noise from tiger fans,he improved to win u/s open under no pressure ,he’s done nothing since.
darren clarke won the b/open but i wouldn’t class him as young and he is just a good honest golfer at best.k/bradley won the p.g.a.by defeating j/duffner who has been around forever and done nothing ecept choke and hand over the trophy,bradley him/self bladed a chip in the water also[not very convincing],a couple of weeks ago i seen chez reavie loose because he can’t hit a green with a wedge.last week j/rose who has been around forever wins
darren clarke won the b/open but i wouldn’t class him as young and he is just a good honest golfer at best.k/bradley won the p.g.a.by defeating j/duffner who has been around forever and done nothing ecept choke and hand over the trophy,bradley him/self bladed a chip in the water.
darren clarke won the b/open but i wouldn’t class him as young and he is just a good honest golfer at best.
k/bradley won the p.g.a.by defeating j/duffner who has been around forever and done nothing ecept choke and hand over the trophy,bradley him/self bladed a chip in the water also[not very convincing],a couple of weeks ago i seen chez reavie loose because he can’t hit a green with a wedge.last week j/rose who has been around forever wins .most of the young stars done nothing,watney watson day bradley fowler johnson.alot of former stars can’t handle the pressure so the have the help of the long stick.no 3 in the world pulls out because he doesn’t like the course.iam with you guy’s this is re;;;;;;;;;;ly exciting stuff.anyway what channel is this other golf on?.
CLARKE WON B/OPEN AFTER BEING ARROUND FOR A LONG TIME GOOD HONESTY GOLFER.
I HATE MODERATION/.