Fans congratulate Durant

 

Editor's note: Joe Durant won his fourth PGA TOUR title at the FUNAI Classic at WALT DISNEY WORLD Resort on Sunday. Here are some of the e-mails PGATOUR.com received congratulating Durant, who gets to head to Hawaii for the season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship in 2007.

Congratulations Joe! I remember playing in pro-ams in Northwest Florida with you when you struggled to pay the bills. It has been great to follow your career and appreciate the great success you have earned by being a devoted player, father and all around nice guy! Bob English

Joe, I played with you in this year's Shell Houston Open pro-am (I am the Brit from Shell Oil). I was just thrilled to see you win so handsomely this week. Both you and your caddie are such gentlemen, that I have enjoyed seeing you do so well these last few weeks. Good luck for more of the same! Mike Wilkinson

Joe, Way to go, I am the son of the late Paul Daniel. As you know you worked for him while selling life insurance -- every time that is mentioned on the air, I get a kick out of that. Congratulations on a great win, I will see you at THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola. Will Daniel

Congratulations Joe! As a fellow Pensacolian, I’m proud to see you doing well. I know you only hear this when you win but I can assure you that, for myself and many others, even when times are tough we are still pulling for you! Kenny Dean

Congrats Joe. I am very happy that you have made your living on TOUR and you are making Pensacola very proud of you. I hope that it won't take as long this time to get back in the winner’s circle. Keep up the great job and I will always keep watching and pulling for you Joe. David Kranak

Each week I root for three guys: Durant, Lickliter and Kelly. This week you earned $1,347,800. Not bad for your average age of 39. I love you all. Al Smith

Joe, it was great to see you back in the winner's circle again. We are all very proud of you. Best wishes, Bobby, Diane and Andrew

Great to see you win again Joe. My father had the chance to play with you in a pro-am at Shadow Creek, and he couldn't stop talking about what a nice guy you are. Good luck next year up/over here in Jacksonville, Fla. (especially for THE PLAYERS Championship) All the best, Blake Shewmaker

Hey JD Awesome Baby! Really enjoyed watching you play and win. So, where are you going now that you won the FUNAI Classic at WALT DISNEY WORLD Resort? Still hanging on to your putter from the Bob Hope. If you would like it for your keepsake, let me know. Be glad to send it back. Say 'Hi' to Tracey and family. Congratulations and Best Wishes! Greg Poulin

Joe, great job this week. Way to pull through with a victory. Good luck and hope you do well next week and at THE TOUR Championship. Your friend and pool man, Loy Morgan

Jober, Congrats man, awesome putting and a great tourney! It was great to see you on T.V. Hope you and your family are doing well. It would be great to see you make it to Atlanta. If you do I think I might bring Dad to see you play. Congrats again! Great job. John Mabry Jr

Joe, It's been a long wait but you’re back in the saddle. It was really great to tune in and see you in the lead. I know your mother, brothers and sisters are very excited too. The kids must be going thru the roof. Plus this gives Doug more things to talk about. He is always at a loss for words, as you well know. Anyway, congratulations and look forward to seeing you in the winner’s circle again. Best Regards, T.C. Miller

Joe, Ferrol here. Congratulations! I watch for you every week. I am so glad you have done so well on the TOUR. I still remember the time we played in high school. You are someone I always remembered as one of the nicest guys I have ever known. Great job. We live in Atlanta now. Hope to see you at THE TOUR Championship. Ferrol Macon

Hi Joe! Congrats! I want to make this short, as you are going to get a ton of emails. I live in Pensacola and follow the three golfers from this area. Hate to say it but I'm partial towards you. My son played in the Junior Pensacola golf program. He is 21 now. You were a big part of that and I could never thank you enough. You are a big reason that my son and I are so close. We played twice in your father son tournament. Some day I wish we could play together in a foursome. You, your kids, my son and myself. That is my dream group to play. I knew you would win again some day .A lot of folks may have given up on you but I never did. Eddie Hooks

Dear Joe, Congratulations, I was thrilled for you. Many more! I am the retired Postmaster of Pensacola so I follow as a loyal fan. Good luck in future, Frank Robarge

Joe, I was so excited for you to win this week, congratulations. I'll be bragging about you for sometime at work. You may remember my brother Steve from Escambia High. I was a year behind you and even played on the golf team the year after you graduated. I wish I would have joined the year before so I might have had the opportunity to play with you. Good Luck next week and at THE TOUR Championship. It's great to see good guys do well, keep it up. God Speed, Todd

Way to go Joe....the entire Marcus Pointe Men’s Association pass on our congratulations! Mike Chandler

Congrats, glad to see you playing so good. Keep doing the Huntingdon Hawks proud. David Cothran