Jim Furyk: U.S. Open Preview
At Pebble Beach, from June 17 to June 20, Jim Furyk will go for his second career US Open championship. Furyk is coming off of a disappointing finish at the Master’s this past April in which he missed the half-way cut and is currently the fifth-ranked golfer in the world and is considered as one of serious contender by sport betting community.
In 1994 at the US Open, came Furyk’s first major tournament. Overall, he finished 28th. After not playing in the US Open the following year, Furyk finished in ties for fifth in both the 1996 and 1997 US Opens. At the 1996 US Open, Furyk’s fifth place finish was his first notable finish in any major.
For PGA betting star, Furyk, the next five US Opens were disappointments. His finishes got progressively worse from 1998 to 2001 and in 2002 he completely missed the half-way cut.
At the 2003 US Open, Furyk’s struggles make his success at the US Open even more interesting. At the Olympic Fields Country Club in Illinois, the tournament took place and Furyk was masterful. He used final round scores of 67, 66, and 67 in the first three rounds to give him a dominant ten under par score going into the final round. He slipped by the standards he had set in the first three rounds and in the final round he shot 72. However, he had established enough distance between him and his competitors that it wasn’t a problem. For his first major championship, his final eight under was good enough.
Furyk repeated as a second-place finisher at the US Open in 2006 and 2007. In order to force a playoff but ended up bogeying, he needed par on the 18th hole in the 2006 Open. He tied with Tiger Woods for second at the 2007 Open at plus six, one stroke behind tournament champion Ángel Cabrera.
