Furyk Wins Tour Championship at the TPC in Atlanta and Secures Fed-Ex Cup Title and $10,000,000 Bonus – September 26, 2010
Jim Furyk showed his metal by making clutch saves through out the Tour Championship this weekend. But none of those shots were as critical as his sand shot from a greenside bunker on the 18th hole Sunday to about two and a half feet. He could have been at -9 and easily took the championship but his missed putt from about 10′ on seventeen left himself only one shot in the lead. He needed par on the par 3 eighteenth to avoid a playoff with Luke Donald, who was in the clubhouse at -7 awaiting his fate and the possibility of a play off with Jim Furyk. He converted the putt and not only won the championship and $1,350,000 but a $10,000,000 bonus for also taking the Fed- Ex Cup. Tiger Woods was the only other player who won the Tour Championship and also the Fed- Ex Cup in the same season in 1997.
Tiger was not around this year as his game is off and he needs time to rebuild and regain his composure after the tumultuous year he has had since last November around Thanksgiving. Jim Furyk has been in contention on many occasions and has won three times this year which is a first for him. This is a great lead in to the Ryder Cup next weekend, as the top American Golfers vie for the title in Europe which will not be an easy task. If Jim can maintain the form he exhibited this past weekend he will definitely help provide the European team the competitive spirit they are expecting from The USA.
Congratulations to Jim Furyk, who has been consistent with the striking of the golf balls and who rose to the occasion at the right time to win the biggest monetary prize in golf, The Fed-Ex Cup!