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Jim Furyk Won't Have to TiVo Steelers Games for the Rest of the NFL Postseason
Posted January 8th ago via AOL Fanhouse
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Tough weekend for Jim Furyk. The former U.S. Open winner finished tied for fifth in the season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship after an opening round 74. Finishing behind four other players is usually considered a pretty good week of work, but Furyk is also a Steelers fan.

The Pennsylvania native taped the Jags-Steelers game because it coincided with Saturday's third round. And during a post-round interview with the The Golf Channel, Furyk had to remind Kelly Tilghman not to spill the beans on the game's outcome. In retrospect, he would've been better off finding out then instead of wasting a perfectly good evening watching the replay. It was a game that apparently [Furyk] could have seen live, had he not won the Canadian Open last year to earn a trip to Kapalua, where he has a second home. A PGA Tour official said that someone from the office of Steelers coach Mike Tomlin phoned tour headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., to invite Furyk to the game.Furyk admitted that he hasn't met Tomlin, but does know members of the Rooney family. When he does get around to meeting the Steelers head coach, maybe he can ask about this and this. In the meantime, I'm guessing the $218,000 fifth-place check helped Furyk get over his grief.Permalink | Read the full post at AOL Fanhouse




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