Way to go, Jim

I’ve always admired Jim Furyk.  I was out at Trailhead today, talking to Mollie Thola, who ranks right up there with the best club pros around town in terms of customer service.  We were watching the CV team practice.  There are some fairly creative swings.  But none like Furyk’s.  Someone once compared it to an octopus falling out of a tree.  He started swinging that way and his only teacher, his Dad, let him stay with it.  Notice he is not in a lot of the golf magazines as an “example swing.”  But through the impact zone, like all the really great golfers, he is in the slot and turns it over quickly.  There’s a new website, ajgolf.com which emphasizes the hitting zone…way important.  Way more important than the angle of the backswing plane, for example, which is where Furyk is odd — his is very steep.

Did Furyk shank that second shot on 18?  Maybe — he sure zipped it close to a long line of eyebrows!!  Then he bumped it in fairly close and left the putt one inch from the cup — a bogey to win by one.  Did you see the body language of KJ Choi.  KJ actually hugged Jim twice — it looked like once for the victory in the tournament, and once more for Jim’s victory over himself…three years since he has won.  And KJ was the loser — the second place guy —  the also ran…a guy with huge class.  In a game where some big players have tarnished images, KJ and Jim shine brightly.