Something had me thinking it would be Furyk as well, and I'm really happy for him. I hope he can continue the success he's been having - he's a solid player and appears to be a great person.
There was quite a bit of good golf, but feel like I missed quite a bit. Watched what I could on the Golf Channel, and the way they jumped around, and showed shots from previous days to compare with the current play, was distracting.
Well done Jim Furyk - not only is he a great advertisement for golf in general, the USA in particular but he is as popular here as one of our own.
One of the reasons is his sportsmanship. A couple of years ago he was DQ'd for placing his ball twice and when he realised what he'd done he called the DQ on himself.
That is expected - what was not expected was his being prepared to play as a marker for the last guy in the field who obviously was
1st off the next day.
He did it for two reasons - the first because he felt it wasn't fair to the other guy to have to play alone and the 2nd to give the sponsors their money's worth.
This was so different from other disqualifications in the past and underlines his popularity and why we all think he's such a class act - well played again!
Yes, you are very right Greg. I thought about my post after I put it in and thought, I don't know that actually find myself before a Tournament starting saying that this/that guy has the best chance.
I like to follow to see where the 1st and 2nd round leaders end up and of course if there's a big name leading after one of those two rounds who's on the board that can catch him, that's about all.
Well done Jim Furyk - not only is he a great advertisement for golf in general, the USA in particular but he is as popular here as one of our own... and why we all think he's such a class act - well played again!
Yes, Jim is certainly a class act and I'm delighted by his victory. He has had a very solid year. Hopefully, he'll perform to his standards in the majors of 2006.
Also, this would be a good time to give a little shout out to Robert Allenby. His consecutive victories on the Australasian Tour were muchly needed and, I'm sure, a great help for his confidence.
He looks like his putting could use some work. I've watched him miss a few that were practically "gimmees" for him a year ago.
This reminded me of a stat which CBS aired during one of their late events. You know, this Shot Link stuff allows all kinds of new stats to be kept track of.
Anyway, of the game's top 30 players, over the last two years, Ernie Els has missed a higher pct. of putts between five and ten feet. That one threw me for a loop.
December 5th, 2005, 12:59 AM
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