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2003 US Open won by man with strange swing
Paris, Dec 23:The list of first time major winners was completed at the US Open when Jim Furyk, the man with the game`s most unconventional swing, wrote himself into the history books.
Paris, Dec 23:The list of first time major winners was completed at the US Open when Jim Furyk, the man with the game's most unconventional swing, wrote himself into the history books.
The 33-year-old did club golfers the world over a favourite when he warned - don't copy my swing.
Former tour pro turned TV pundit David Ferherty once described the Furyk action as a man trying to kill a snake in a phone booth.
Furyk admitted his swing has always been considered strange, but no one ever tried to tell him when he was a teenager he had to change it if he ever wanted to make a life as a professional golfer.
"I never actually ever had anyone recommend that I make swing changes, probably for the reason you'd have to be a pretty cold person to walk-up to a 15-year-old and tell him his swing stinks.
"My dad was my teacher, so he heard it. He took some criticism, he took some blame that my swing was awkward and they didn't feel it would hold up on tour," explained Furyk.
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The 33-year-old did club golfers the world over a favourite when he warned - don't copy my swing.
Former tour pro turned TV pundit David Ferherty once described the Furyk action as a man trying to kill a snake in a phone booth.
Furyk admitted his swing has always been considered strange, but no one ever tried to tell him when he was a teenager he had to change it if he ever wanted to make a life as a professional golfer.
"I never actually ever had anyone recommend that I make swing changes, probably for the reason you'd have to be a pretty cold person to walk-up to a 15-year-old and tell him his swing stinks.
"My dad was my teacher, so he heard it. He took some criticism, he took some blame that my swing was awkward and they didn't feel it would hold up on tour," explained Furyk.
Bureau Report