Posted on: Tuesday, January 13, 2004
No. 4 Jim Furyk
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WEIGHT: 200
BIRTHDATE: May 12, 1970
BIRTHPLACE: West Chester, Pa.
RESIDENCE: Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
FAMILY: Wife, Tabitha; Caleigh Lynn, 18 months; Tanner James, 1 month
EDUCATION: University of Arizona
SPECIAL INTERESTS: All sports
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1992
2003 HIGHLIGHTS: Collected first major championship of his career, the U.S. Open at Olympia Fields near Chicago ... Posted his third consecutive top-five with a T4 finish at The Players Championship ... Finished fourth at the Masters, tying his career-best finish at Augusta National (1998) ... Led PGA Tour in top-10 finishes with eight after T10 at MCI Heritage at Harbour Town GL ... Ended the season with solo eighth at the Tour Championship, collected $192,000 to surpass the $5 million mark for the first time in his career ... Played on his third U.S Presidents Cup team.
PERSONAL: Possesses one of PGA Tour's less orthodox swings ... His father, Mike, has been his only swing instructor ... Started putting cross-handed at age 7 ... Never played high school football, although did play basketball as a sophomore ... Played midget football until age 13 ... Owns a home on The Plantation Course at Kapalua, home of the Mercedes Championships.
