Jim Furyk - Media Guide

Open.  2007  Canadian Open presented by Franklin Templeton Investments. 

spot on his fifth Presidents Cup team...In second start of 2007, finished T4 at the Sony Open in Hawaii. One of two players to post four rounds in the 60s...Shared the 36-hole lead with Phil Mickelson at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Finished T6...One week later, closed with rounds of 67-67 at the Nissan Open to finish T3, three strokes behind champion Charles Howell III...Claimed his best Masters finish since 2001 (T4) with a T13, seven back of winner Zach Johnson...Four rounds in the 60s at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial forced extra holes with Bernhard Langer and Rory Sabbatini. Missed 35-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole to finish T2 with Langer when Sabbatini made a 15-foot birdie putt. It was his 18th PGA TOUR runner-up finish...Became the first player since Arnold Palmer in 1966-67 to be a runner-up in the U.S. Open in consecutive years, as he finished T2 (with Tiger Woods) to Angel Cabrera at Oakmont CC. Was tied for the lead until a bogey on the par-4 17th...Posted his 37th consecutive below-par round on Sunday of Buick Open to finish T5. It was his eighth top-10 finish at the Buick Open, giving him the most top-10s in event history...Shared the first-round lead at the inaugural AT&T National. Fell out of contention with a 74 in the second round, but posted 68-69 on the weekend to finish T3, his fourth top-five finish in his last five starts. He was the only player in the field to finish in the top-10 at the 1997 U.S. Open and the inaugural AT&T National, both held at Congressional Country Club...Captured 13th career PGA TOUR victory as he successfully defended his Canadian Open title by one stroke over Vijay Singh at age 37 years, two months and 17 days. First player since Jim Ferrier (1950-51) to win the Canadian Open back to back. Posted rounds of 69-66-69-64--268, overcoming the three-stroke, 54-hole lead of Singh. With 4,500 FedExCup points, moved to No. 3 on the FedExCup points list and trailed FedExCup points leader Tiger Woods by 4,207 points. First player since Mark Hensby (2004 John Deere Classic) to post an ace (final round, No. 4, 209 Yards, 5-iron) and go on to win...Forced to withdraw from the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational the following week because of a back injury...Didn't post a top-10 finish in the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup, but wound up 11th in points...Earned a spot on his fifth Presidents Cup team and compiled a record of 3-2-0, thus bringing his all-time record to 13-8-2.

top-10s with Vijay Singh (13)...Won his first Vardon Trophy awarded by the PGA of America for best scoring average on the PGA TOUR (68.86) but finished second on TOUR, where the minimum number of rounds to qualify is 50 (Tiger Woods- 68.11). Vardon Trophy minimum is 60...Won the Wachovia Championship in a one-hole playoff over Trevor Immelman. Had a one-shot lead through 54 holes, closed with a 1-under 71 and earned $1.134 million for his 11th career victory. Made an 8-foot par putt on the 72nd hole to force the playoff and made a 6-foot par putt on 18 to win...The 2001 Mercedes Championships winner finished third, four strokes out of a Stuart Appleby/Vijay Singh playoff, to record his seventh top-10 in nine career appearances at the Mercedes Championships. Joined Appleby as the only other player in the 28-man field to post four sub-par rounds...Finished T7 the next week at the Sony Open in Hawaii. Shared the 36-hole lead with Chad Campbell, but fell back with weekend rounds of 70-68. It was his fourth top-10 in Honolulu and 10th top-10 in 20 starts in Hawaii...Leader after 18 and 36 holes at THE PLAYERS Championship, but weekend rounds of 75-72 dropped him to T3...Collected a runner-up finish at the Verizon Heritage for the second consecutive year. Shared the 54-hole lead with Aaron Baddeley, but finished one stroke back of Baddeley...Finished runner-up at the U.S. Open at Winged Foot. Has made cuts in 11 of 12 U.S. Opens in his career and has collected four top-10 finishes, including the 2003 victory...In defense of Cialis Western Open title, finished T4, four strokes behind champion Trevor Immelman...Finished in fourth at the British Open after missing the cut the previous five times. Was his fourth top-10 in 11 starts there and first since a T10 in 1999...Recorded his third runner-up finish of the season at the Buick Open, three strokes behind Tiger Woods after a final-round 8-under 64. His four rounds in the 60s gave him 33 consecutive sub-par rounds at Warwick Hills, dating back to a 75 in the third round in 1997, the longest current streak in the tournament...Finished third at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, one stroke out of a Tiger Woods-Stewart Cink playoff. It was his sixth top-10 in eight starts at the Akron tournament. Made an ace on the 206-yard, par-3 15th hole with a 6-iron in the second round, his second career TOUR hole-in-one...Two weeks later, captured his 12th career TOUR victory at the Canadian Open. Posted rounds of 63-71-67-65--266 to edge Bart Bryant by one stroke, moving to No. 2 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Led the field in Putting Average (1.604) and Putts Per Round (26.75). With $900,000 payday, cracked $6 million in single-season earnings for the first time and $30 million for his career...Complied 2-3-0 record in his fifth U.S. Ryder Cup appearance...Finished fourth at the WGC-American Express Championship in London, his first top-10 in six starts at the American Express Championship...Final top-10 was a runner-up at THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola, three strokes behind Adam Scott, his fourth runner-up finish of the season and 17th of his career...Finished season with eight top-10s in his last 10 starts dating back to the U.S. Open where he finished T2. Also made the cut in his final 12 starts, the fourth-longest current streak on TOUR and one of only five players to finish season with a double-digit cuts-made streak...Finished fourth on TOUR in Greens in Regulation (70.71%) and fifth in Birdie Average (4.05)...Beat Sweden's Henrik Stenson by two strokes in early December to claim a second consecutive Nedbank Challenge title in South Africa.

top-10s with Vijay Singh (13)...Won his first Vardon Trophy awarded by the PGA of America for best scoring average on the PGA TOUR (68.86) but finished second on TOUR, where the minimum number of rounds to qualify is 50 (Tiger Woods- 68.11). Vardon Trophy minimum is 60...Won the Wachovia Championship in a one-hole playoff over Trevor Immelman and won the Canadian Open...Collected a runner-up finish at the Verizon Heritage for the second consecutive year. Shared the 54-hole lead with Aaron Baddeley, but finished one stroke back of Baddeley...At the Wachovia Championship, had a one-shot lead through 54 holes, closed with a 1-under 71 and earned $1.134 million for his 11th career victory. Made an 8-foot par putt on the 72nd hole to force the playoff and made a 6-foot par putt on 18 to win...Finished runner-up at the U.S. Open at Winged Foot. Has made cuts in 12 of 13 U.S. Opens in his career and has collected five top-10 finishes, including the 2003 victory...Captured his 12th career TOUR victory at the Canadian Open. Posted rounds of 63-71-67-65--266 to edge Bart Bryant by one stroke, moving to No. 2 in the Official World Golf Ranking. With $900,000 payday, cracked $6 million in single-season earnings for the first time and $30 million for his career...Complied 2-3-0 record in his fifth U.S. Ryder Cup appearance...Finished season with eight top-10s in his last 10 starts dating back to the U.S. Open where he finished T2...Beat Sweden's Henrik Stenson by two strokes in early December to claim a second consecutive Nedbank Challenge title in South Africa. 2005: In July, picked up his first win since the 2003 Buick Open and since his wrist surgery in early 2004 at the Cialis Western Open. Shared the first- and third-round leads. Fell four behind leader Ben Curtis through three holes of Sunday's final round but fought back with five birdies over the remainder of the round and finished with a 2-under 69 to defeat Tiger Woods by two strokes. Led the field in Greens in Regulation (75%)...A $165,000 check at the Ford Championship at Doral moved him over the $20-million mark in career earnings...First of four runner-up finishes came at the MCI Heritage...In next start, lost in a four-hole playoff to Vijay Singh at the Wachovia Championship...In June, led or shared lead through the first 54 holes of the Barclays Classic, but finished one stroke behind Padraig Harrington as Irishman drained 66-foot eagle putt on 72nd hole to clinch victory. Furyk led by two strokes with three holes remaining but made consecutive bogeys on Nos. 16 and 17...Despite suffering from rib injury throughout the week, went undefeated in Presidents Cup play, posting a 3-0-2 (2-0-1 with Tiger Woods) record including a Sunday singles victory over previously undefeated Adam Scott...Posted fourth runner-up finish of the season at the Michelin Championship at Las Vegas. Carded four rounds in the 60s to match Wes Short, Jr., but tee shot on second playoff hole (par-3 17th) found water hazard. Short clinched victory with tap-in par out of a greenside bunker...Chipped in on the second playoff hole to beat Adam Scott, Retief Goosen and Darren Clarke at the Nedbank Challenge in South Africa. 2004: Did not have a win for the first time since the 1997 season after undergoing arthroscopic surgery to repair cartilage damage in his left wrist on March 22, which sidelined him for nearly three months. Played in 14 events, the lowest total in his 11-year TOUR career, and finished outside the top 100 on the money list for the first time. Played in the first two events of the season in Hawaii. Decided the week of the Bay Hill Invitational to have surgery after sitting out more than two months...Finished fourth on the Ryder Cup Team points list to make his fourth Ryder Cup Team. 2003: Collected first major championship of his career, the U.S. Open at Olympia Fields near Chicago. Claimed a victory in sixth consecutive season. Became 57th player to make the U.S. Open his first career major championship. Shared second-round and held third-round lead. Set 36-hole record (133), along with Vijay Singh. Set 54-hole mark (200) and tied 72-hole record (272)...With four rounds in the 60s, captured Buick Open to win twice for first time in a season and jumped to a career-best No. 3 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Held 54-hole lead and with a final-round 68, completed two-stroke victory over a group of four players that included Tiger Woods...Lost in playoff to Scott Hoch at Ford Championship at Doral...Played on his third U.S. Presidents Cup team. 2002: Won the Memorial Tournament thanks to a final-round 65 that included a chip-in for birdie on the par-3 12th hole and an eagle from the front bunker on the par-5 15th. Won by two strokes over John Cook and David Peoples, marking the fifth consecutive season with a victory. Recorded third-round ace with 5-iron from 192 yards on No. 4...Made his third appearance as a member of the U.S. Ryder Cup team and compiled a 1-2-2 record. 2001: Earned sixth PGA TOUR title at Mercedes Championships. Was four strokes down to start the final round in Maui. Holed a 10-foot birdie putt on 72nd hole in Kapalua that put him in the lead as Rory Sabbatini missed three-foot birdie that would have forced a playoff. Victory came after slight cartilage tear in right wrist sidelined him late the previous year. Suffered injury the previous fall while trying to intercept a pass in the parking lot of a Baltimore Ravens-Pittsburgh Steelers NFL game...Lost in a playoff on the seventh extra hole at the WGC-NEC Invitational to Tiger Woods. Holed bunker shot for par on first playoff hole to extend the match. 2000: For the second time in his career, missed only one cut all season, at SEI Pennsylvania Classic. In 1999, missed cut at AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am...Earned fifth PGA TOUR victory at the Doral-Ryder Open. Shared first-round lead after opening with a 7-under-par 65. Was three strokes back of Franklin Langham after 54 holes. Trailed Langham by six with seven holes to play. Shot 30 on back nine for a final-round 65 and equaled tournament record with 23-under-par 265...Member of his second U.S. Presidents Cup Team. Presidents Cup record was 3-1-0 for a two-year total of 4-4-0. 1999: Earned third Las Vegas Invitational title, becoming first successful defender. Victory started with rounds of 67-64-63 for a share of 54-hole lead. After awakening to early morning earthquake, played in 40-mph winds and shot 71 to build a three-stroke lead. Final-round 66 good enough to edge Jonathan Kaye by one stroke...A member of victorious U.S. Ryder Cup team, notching a key 4-and-3 singles victory over Sergio Garcia in Sunday's matches. 1998: Made cut in 24 of his 28 appearances, including a win, two seconds, two thirds and three fourths...Closed year by becoming the first player to win the Las Vegas Invitational twice. Rounds of 67-68-69-63 put him in first place after 72 holes, three strokes ahead of Mark Calcavecchia. Closed with a 68 to Calcavecchia's 66 for one-stroke victory. 1997: Set then-TOUR record for most money earned without a victory with $1,619,480, fourth on money list...Nearly had successful defense at United Airlines Hawaiian Open, losing in a playoff to Paul Stankowski...Also placed T5 at U.S. Open, fourth at British Open and T6 at PGA Championship. 1996: Won United Airlines Hawaiian Open, birdieing third playoff hole to top Brad Faxon, who made a 50-foot eagle putt on the 72nd hole to force playoff. 1995: Recorded first PGA TOUR victory at Las Vegas Invitational. Grabbed share of lead with David Edwards after third-round 65 at TPC Summerlin. Following fourth-round 67, shared lead with Billy Mayfair. Went on to one-stroke victory over Mayfair...Three weeks later, earned unofficial victory at Lincoln-Mercury Kapalua International. 1994: Recorded three top-10s as a rookie, including T7 at Northern Telecom Open, his first start of the year. 1993: Member of the Nationwide Tour, won Mississippi Gulf Coast Classic in playoff over Bob Friend...Qualified for TOUR by finishing T37 at Qualifying Tournament. Amateur: Twice named All-Pac 10 Conference and All-America at University of Arizona.

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