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PROFILE - JIM FURYK

HEIGHT: 6ft 2in
WEIGHT: 185
BIRTH DATE: May 12, 1970
BIRTHPLACE: Pennsylvania, USA
RESIDENCE: Florida, USA
 
CAREER SUMMARY
1 MAJOR
US Open 2003
12 US Tour wins
3 International wins
5 Ryder Cups (97, 99, 02, 04, 06)
 
OPEN PROFILE
The man with the loopy swing has a rather loopy Open record too. Between 1997 and 1999 he finished fourth at Troon and Royal Birkdale and 10th here at Carnoustie but from 2001 to 2005 he missed five successive cuts. Furyk explained the confusion last year when revealing that a low ball flight had helped him in his first few Opens but he'd then changed his game to hit a higher ball to achieve more success on his home US Tour. It had taken him time to adjust back again but he did so successfully last year when finishing fourth at Hoylake. Furyk's only major so far is the 2003 US Open but he could so easily have added two more of those to his CV. He was just one shot back last year and again missed out by a single stroke at Oakmont last month after bogeying the 17th hole when trying to drive the green. A serious contender to give the US yet another Open win.
 
FIVE-YEAR MAJORS RECORD
  07 06 05 04 03
US Masters 13 22 28 - 4
US Open 2 2 28 48 1
The Open - 4 MC MC MC
US PGA - 29 34 MC -
 
OPEN RECORD
06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 97
4 MC MC MC MC MC 41 10 4 4
 
MOST RECENT TOURNAMENTS
13/5/07 PLAYERS Championship 28
27/5/07 Crowne Plaza Invitational 2
3/6/07 The Memorial 23
17/6/07 US OPEN 2
1/7/07 Buick Open 5
8/7/07 AT&T National 3

CARNOUSTIE LEADERBOARD
Round Four
ScorePlayerHoles
-7 P Harrington (play-off winner) 18
-7 S Garcia 18
-6 A Romero 18