This past Friday we saw PGATour great Jim Furyk fire a magnificent 59 in the second round of the BMW Championship at Conway Farms outside of Chicago. That is a fact. What is also a fact is that this was only the 6th such 59 ever inPGA Tour history.
ThePGATour estimates that there have been somewhere just north of 1 million total rounds in its history. That makes this round about a 175,000 to 1 happening. Remarkable and further in all 6 of them the final hole has either been a birdie or an eagle to complete the mighty task.
The 6 are Al Geiberger, Chip Beck, David Duval, Paul Goydos, Stuart Appleby, and now, Jim Furyk. Not too much of a common thread. Geiberger, Duval and Furyk all have won majors, Goydos, Beck and Duval have gone from top level golfers to the bottom of the barrel, with Appleby not too far behind in that category. But, they do have one thread they all on at least one day outperformed what even they might have thought was possible.
The list is missing Tiger, Jack, Arnie, Hogan, Snead, Sarazen, Player, etc. You get the point. This accomplishment is fantastic no question about it. It is also a snap shot, not a full-length movie.
The other point I want to make here is Jim Furyk is one of the true gentlemen on the Tour. It could not have happened to a nicer man.