If It Ain't Broke

But like the old saying “Drive for Show and Putt for Dough”, golfing fortunes often rely on other factors and in Furyk’s instance, his success is down to his ability to consistently repeat his unique and loopy golf swing, not matter how terrible it may look.

His one and only coach is father, Mike, who had a big hand in junior’s unprecedented feat. A day after shooting an uneventful 72, the golfer hit the range, got his caddie to video a few swings and shared it with his old man. Jim reckoned his back swing had become longer-than-usual after playing at a long Baltusrol course for the PGA Championship and it led to his upper and lower body getting out of sync. Dad confirmed the issue and the fix was only 58 strokes required in his next 18 holes.

While it is every aspiring golfer’s dream to swing it like Jason Day or Rory McIlroy, Furyk is living proof that you can enjoy success by doing it differently. The 45-year-old is now a celebrated 17-time PGA Tour champion, holds one Major victory at the 2003 U.S. Open and has nearly US$67 million in earnings which ranks him fourth in the career money list in the U.S.