With his hat on backwards to keep the rain out of his eyes, Jim Furyk sunk a two and a half foot putt on the 18th green to win not just the Tour Championship but also the FedEx Cup. Normally calm and collected, Furyk let out a roar of domination as he threw the winning ball into the crowd. Back in Tucson, his former collegiate coach Rick LaRose did something similar.
“I yelled at the TV, ‘We didn’t come all this way to layup’,” said LaRose. He was referring to Furyk’s clutch bunker shot that preceded the winning putt.
“I said that to him at the NCAA’s in ‘92,” LaRose continued. “He hit a ball in a bush off the tee on the very first hole. He had an 8 iron to the green. He said, ‘Coach should I chip this out? What should I do?’ I said, ‘Jimmy, we didn’t come all the way to lay up. Knock it on the green.’ He did and we won the championship.”
This past weekend, Furyk used the same bravado to claim the 10 million dollar prize awarded to whoever wins the FedEx Cup title. Not bad for a man whose chances dropped in August after he slept in and consequently missed his Pro Am tee time at the Barclays resulting in a disqualification from the first round of the Fed Ex Cup tournament.
“He’s an athlete,” said LaRose.” He’s a competitor. Jimmy would just like to beat your brains out for a nickel if he could. He’ll give you all you want.”
Furyk, as it turns out, is also generous. Wednesday, two days prior to the beginning of the 2010 Ryder Cup which he’ll be playing in, Furyk donated 25,000 dollars to his alma mater, the University of Arizona. The money will be used in conjecture with the PGA of America’s Play Golf America University.
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“If you ever had to have a son,” said LaRose, “you’d love to have Jim Furyk as your son. He’s just a great kid. He’s an all around good person.”
And a pretty darn good golfer. Thursday marks day one of competition of the Ryder Cup where Furyk will join the likes of Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, and team captain Corey Pavin in an attempt to make it back to back wins over Rory McIlroy, Paul Casey, and Team Europe. The match play format of the tournament should play to Furyk’s strengths.
“I love him in that scenario,” said LaRose. He would know. After all, with Furyk’s help, Arizona captured the 1992 NCAA national championship in a match play format.
“There’s nothing I don’t like about Jimmy’s game,” said LaRose. “A lot of people get caught up in mechanics. Techniques. Style points. There’s none of that in golf. All there is, is low score wins. Get the ball in the hole in the fewest number of shots. He’s done good at that.”
He certainly has. His win at the Tour Championship rounded out his total victories in 2010 to 3. Furyk’s name is being tossed around a potential PGA Player of the year. But first there’s the matter of the Ryder Cup, being held across the pond at the Celtic Manor in Wales..
“I just told him to put this week out of your mind and try to concentrate on the Ryder Cup,” said LaRose. “He said that’s what they’re looking forward to doing.”
We’re looking forward to watching.
First round of the Ryder Cup begins Friday.
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