Jim Furyk
| Jim Furyk | |
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| — Golfer — | |
Furyk in 2010
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | James Michael Furyk |
| Nickname | Mr. 58 |
| Born |
May 12, 1970 West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st) |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| Residence | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Spouse | Tabitha (m. 2000-present); 2 children |
| Career | |
| College | University of Arizona |
| Turned professional | 1992 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour (joined 1994) |
| Former tour(s) | Nike Tour |
| Professional wins | 27 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 17 |
| Sunshine Tour | 1 |
| Web.com Tour | 1 |
| Other | 8 |
| Best results in major championships (wins: 1) |
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| Masters Tournament | 4th: 1998, 2003 |
| U.S. Open | Won: 2003 |
| The Open Championship | 4th/T4: 1997, 1998, 2006, 2014 |
| PGA Championship | 2nd: 2013 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Vardon Trophy | 2006 |
| FedEx Cup Champion | 2010 |
| PGA Player of the Year | 2010 |
| PGA Tour Player of the Year |
2010 |
| GWAA ASAP Sports/ Jim Murray Award |
2015 |
| Payne Stewart Award | 2016 |
James Michael Furyk (born May 12, 1970) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. In 2010 he was the FedEx Cup champion and PGA Tour Player of the Year. He has won one major championship, the 2003 U.S. Open. Furyk holds the record for the lowest score in PGA Tour history with a 58 which he shot during the final round of the 2016 Travelers Championship.
In September 2006 he reached a career high of second in the Official World Golf Ranking. He ranked in the top-10 for over 430 weeks between 1999 and 2015.
Furyk was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania. His ancestry is Czech and Polish on his mother's side and Ukrainian and Hungarian on his father's side. His father, Mike, was an assistant pro at the Edgmont Country Club and later also spent time as a pro at West Chester Golf and Country Club as well as Hidden Springs Golf Course in Horsham. His early years were spent in the Pittsburgh suburbs learning the game from his father, who was also head pro at Uniontown Country Club in Uniontown, Fayette County.
He graduated from Manheim Township High School in Lancaster County in 1988, where he played basketball in addition to being a state champion golfer. He played his junior golf at Meadia Heights Golf Club just south of Lancaster city. He played college golf at the University of Arizona in Tucson, where he was an All-American twice, and led the Wildcats to their first (and only) NCAA title in 1992.
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