By Bill Cooney, PGATOUR.COM ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. -- Jim
Furyk had a season full of disappointment. Davis Love III has felt
the same and hasn’t won since 2008. Furyk and Love will be on
center stage in Sunday’s final round of The McGladrey
Classic, paired together at Sea Island Golf Club. So who needs to
win more? Furyk or Love? Furyk hasn’t won since his
remarkable 2010 season. On Saturday, he said there are plenty of
similarities from that season to this one. Furyk had seven top 10s
in 2010 – just like he has this season. In 2012, he’s
had two runner-ups. The difference? In 2010, Furyk had three wins.
In fact, his 2012 scoring average of 69.4 is actually lower than
his 2010 average of 69.8. But Furyk is still searching for that
first victory. “I found ways, quite frankly, to lose
tournaments,” Furyk said of his season. “I had my
opportunities to have a great year this year, just like I did in
the past, and there’s two ways to look at it. I’m one
of those people, I’m tougher on myself, I promise, than
anyone else is. “I’ve already kicked myself a 100 times
already. And I’ve gotten over it. That’s one thing
I’ve always been able to do really well is I can get by it. I
can forget it. I can put it behind me and move on.” Love put
countless hours into his Ryder Cup captaincy and to come out on the
losing end was difficult to say the least. At 48, he’ll go
for his 21st victory on the PGA TOUR today. Love was asked if he or
Furyk needs the victory more. “I don’t know,”
Love said. “It’s nice to win, no matter what. I know to
be able to cap off (the season with a victory) would make the year
feel a lot better to him. Plus, he’s trying like the rest of
us to keep getting more wins at a late stage in your career. I know
he’s working toward 20. He will get there. “I hope
I’m not impeding that. But I’d love to keep him from
it. But you see it in both of us. We’re both very
competitive.”