THE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP 1 JIM FURYK
2 LUKE DONALD 3 RETIEF GOOSEN T4 PAUL CASEY T4 NICK WATNEY
6 CHARLEY HOFFMAN T7 K.J. CHOI T7 ERNIE ELS
T9 ZACH JOHNSON T9 RYAN MOORE
PRESENTED BY COCA-COLA PLAYER
LEADERBOARD
ROUNDS & TOTAL FEDEXCUP EARNINGS 67 65 70 70 272 66 66 71 70 273 71 66 66 71 274 6671 69 69 275 71 74 63 67 275 71 67 69 70 277 68 68 74 68 278 71 71 71 65 278 74 72 66 67 279 70 72 68 69 279
2,500.00 $1,350,000 1,500.00 $810,000 1,000.00 $517,500 650.00 $330,000 650.00 $330,000 500.00 $270,000 437.50 $247,500 437.50 $247,500 362.50 $208,125 362.50 $208,125
loose a very rare and unexpected display of pure emotion perhaps unseen since his beloved Steelers last won a Super Bowl. “It just hit me,” said Furyk, who closed with an even-
par 70. “I was excited and dropped the putter and... I don’t know. I guess at that moment, you’re not really responsible for what happens next.” After he hugged his wife, Tabitha, he asked her the
$10-million question: “Did I win the bonus?” “Yes, dear,” she said, or at least something very much
like it. Furyk was the third seed when the PGA TOUR Playoffs
for the FedExCup began but was disqualified from the opener when he missed his pro-am time at The Barclays because the battery died in his cell phone, which he was using as an alarm clock (memo to Jim: Try using the very excellent wake-up call services offered by most hotels!) He was No. 11 in the standings going into THE TOUR Championship, and became the first player out of the top 10 to win the Cup. The victory was particularly special for Furyk, one of
the most durable and popular players on TOUR, who did exactly what he needed to do on Sunday. “The first part of the scenario is, I have to win, and the
rest of it I can’t control,” he said on the eve of the final round. This is what’s known as getting the job done, which is what champions somehow manage to do. ■
Charity Link
• The TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola primarily benefits the East Lake Foundation and The First Tee.
• Founded in 1995 on the belief that everyone deserves a chance to succeed, the East Lake Foundation collaborates with public and private organizations to provide tools that enable Atlanta’s East Lake residents to build a better future through education, affordable housing, recreational opportunities and connections with the broader community.
• THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola participates in TICKETS Fore CHARITY, offering single-day tickets and a weekly grounds ticket book, where 100 percent of net proceeds from tickets sold will benefit local charities, including the East Lake Foundation, The First Tee and 10 community partners.
Check This Out
• Last year’s field included ten players who were competing in THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola for the first time.
• Steve Stricker, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Jim Furyk and Hunter Mahan are the only players to reach Atlanta in all four years of the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup.
Most Victories:
“I WAS EXCITED AND DROPPED THE PUTTER AND... I DON’T KNOW. I GUESS AT THAT
MOMENT, YOU’RE NOT REALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.”
— Jim Furyk
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson (2)
The par-5 ninth hole at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia.
Two legends of the game, Bobby Jones and Alexa Stirling, learned the game from East Lake’s Scottish professional, Stewart Maiden. Jones remains one of the game’s supreme champions and arguably the greatest amateur in history, and East Lake was where he played his final round of golf before his body began to deteriorate from syringomyelia, a disease that laid waste to his body. Sterling won the most-important women’s championship of the time in America, the U.S. Women’s Amateur, in 1916, 1919 and 1920.
East Lake hosted THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola for the first time in 1998, when Hal Sutton won, and today is the tournament’s permanent home. One of the course’s appeals is that its home hole is a longish par 3, which is an oddity but often adds a note of excitement to the final round of the championship.
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Course Insight:
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September 22-25 THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola
THE YEAR AHEAD 2011
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