Jim Furyk

Oilbeefhooked!

Gotta say- if you back off a putt as many times as Jim did there, you deserve to miss it!!
I'm sure he's a nice guy but really would rather pull out my own eyes than watch him play golf!! Really painful!!
P.s, another victory for the long putter brigade :-(

Nedser101

One word ,bottler

RikkFlair

He did a Monty on that last hole. Led most of US Open too and folded coming down the stretch.

Seves Three Iron

Yeah, it was just a pure nervy shove. Still, Els had a similar experience earlier this year, before the Masters, missing a short one that would have got him into the play-off. He didn't fare too bad afterwards!

Aidric

Nedser101 wrote: »

One word ,bottler

A major, fed ex cup and 16 time pga tour winner. Yep, definitely a bottler.

WHIP IT!

Oilbeefhooked! wrote: »

Gotta say- if you back off a putt as many times as Jim did there, you deserve to miss it!!
I'm sure he's a nice guy but really would rather pull out my own eyes than watch him play golf!! Really painful!!
P.s, another victory for the long putter brigade :-(

Would have to disagree with that - I find him a breath of fresh air to watch. Finesse player, not all crash-bang-wallop with him...

abff

WHIP IT! wrote: »

Would have to disagree with that - I find him a breath of fresh air to watch. Finesse player, not all crash-bang-wallop with him...

I agree. And he proved himself a real gentleman with the interview he gave a few minutes after he finished the 18th.

Nedser101

Aidric wrote: »

A major, fed ex cup and 16 time pga tour winner. Yep, definitely a bottler.

You forgot to mention this years us open when he finished bogey par bogey to finish two behind Simpson so yeah a bottler!

Oilbeefhooked!

WHIP IT! wrote: »

Oilbeefhooked! wrote: »

Gotta say- if you back off a putt as many times as Jim did there, you deserve to miss it!!
I'm sure he's a nice guy but really would rather pull out my own eyes than watch him play golf!! Really painful!!
P.s, another victory for the long putter brigade :-(

Would have to disagree with that - I find him a breath of fresh air to watch. Finesse player, not all crash-bang-wallop with him...

To clarify ,I don't have a problem with any aspect of Jim Furyk , save for his incredibly slow play.
It's a cancer on the game of golf and guys like him and Ben Crane should be setting an example IMHO.
That's why I was happy to see him miss that putt on 18 as I hope he with hindsight ,wishes he had just picked his line and hit it,
Because the more you frigg about IMO the more likely your goin to miss it!!!
Unfortunately there are club golfers all over Ireland who think you need to go through similar pre shot routines because they see these guys doin it on the box every weekend :-(

Russman

Unfortunately there are club golfers all over Ireland who think you need to go through similar pre shot routines because they see these guys doin it on the box every weekend :-(

Very true, the tour really need to grow a pair and do something about the slow play IMO.

The thing I find funny about all the "bottler" comments from the armchair brigade is that if a 15 handicapper double bogeys the last to not win a comp he's branded a handicap cheat half the time, yet a top pro does it and he's a choker or bottler !!

The experts need to realise golf is an incredibly difficult game and bad shots happen. Humans make mistakes, that's why they're not robots :-)

abouttobebanned

I don't think you can call a multiple winner like Furyk a bottler, however, that's not to say he didn't bottle it on Sunday night. Without doubt, he did. He's older now and his last win is becoming further and further away in there rear view mirror so it's understandable that his mind is not in the same place it was when he won the fed ex.

The duff from the rough apart, he looked a nervous wreck stepping up to that putt, especially after Bradley made his.

However, that's just golf. Players who come from behind to win tournaments do so with almost no pressure on their backs so, like Els and Simpson in the two recent opens. It seems to be becoming harder and harder to maintain a lead on the final day in a golf tournament and it's becoming a good advert for laying all those leaders. How many times has it happened this year? About 90% of the time I'd say.

soundsham

Players nerve also diminishes as they get older
The older players have a bigger back catalogue of disasters for a wandering mind to access
I think this may be Jim's problem
Any player that goes through such a lengthily pre-shot routine is really trying to find something that came more naturally once upon a time

Could be an interesting pairing with Tiger in the Ryder Cup.....

WHIP IT!

Oilbeefhooked! wrote: »

That's why I was happy to see him miss that putt on 18 as I hope he with hindsight ,wishes he had just picked his line and hit it,
Because the more you frigg about IMO the more likely your goin to miss it!!!

So, in summary, you're claiming to know more about what it takes to win on the biggest professional tour in the world than former World No 3, Jim Furyk?

Oilbeefhooked!

WHIP IT! wrote: »

Oilbeefhooked! wrote: »

That's why I was happy to see him miss that putt on 18 as I hope he with hindsight ,wishes he had just picked his line and hit it,
Because the more you frigg about IMO the more likely your goin to miss it!!!

So, in summary, you're claiming to know more about what it takes to win on the biggest professional tour in the world than former World No 3, Jim Furyk?

???????????????????dont know where you summarize that from my posts mate????????????????
And I'm not even goin to go there. But I will
Try to clarify my point again - In my opinion , when putting your first feel/look at a line, is usually pretty good and the more pricking around you do the more doubts you put in your own mind!! I think Furyk is the perfect example of this. Yes he is a class player and has achieved great things,I just don't think he would be any less great or achieved any less if he just did the same things a bit Fecking Quicker!!
Surely you must agree when pro three balls/ two balls are taking 5 hours plus for 18 holes then something is wrong??
And I personally feel the Furyks,JB Holmes,cranes of the pro game should be given a kick up the hole as they should be setting an example of how to get around a golf course!!