March 17-20 Transitions Championship
THE YEAR AHEAD 2011
FURYK OVERCOMES NERVES AND NO. 18 It was a difficult win and Furyk made things interesting right up to the very end of the day. He had a two-shot lead standing on the final tee but drove into the woods and left himself facing a 30-footer that he needed to get close to lock up a bogey and the win. “I have a habit of making it tough on myself,” Furyk
said, with refreshing candor. “Just nerves got me, to be honest with you.” Furyk was closely chased by Choi and Bubba Watson.
For Choi, a win would have made up for the void left by a winless 2009 season while for Watson, it would have been his first win on either the PGA TOUR or Nationwide Tour. Choi began the day three shots out of the lead but
fought his way into a tie after seven holes, only to suffer a two-stroke swing a hole later. He would trail Furyk for the rest of the round, despite turning in a 67. The finish moved Choi inside the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking. “It’s actually better than what I thought it would be at
this point,” Choi said. “So definitely I’ve exceeded my expectations. All I can say is I will try my best next week to maintain or better that position.” Watson closed in on Furyk on the inward nine, getting
as close as two strokes despite a series of rain delays that only added to the stress level. He birdied the two par-5s on the outward nine and then started out the back nine by making a 25-footer for birdie on No. 10. On No. 11, he played a beautiful pitch over a greenside bunker and made the putt from seven feet to close within two of Furyk. Figuring that he might have a good chance of picking up another birdie on the par-5 14th, he ran his chip through the green and made a regrettable par. His downfall came on No. 15, a par 3, when his tee ball came up short. He then chipped his second shot over the green, having to settle for a bogey. He made pars the rest of the way in for a 68 and a solo third-place finish. ■
Charity Link
The Copperheads are a group of Tampa Bay area community and business leaders who provide the golf fans of the area with a first-class professional golf tournament whilst raising funds for local charities. Tournaments sponsored by the Copperheads have raised nearly $25 million for charity over the last 33 years, including more than $1.7 million last year.
Course Insight:
Innisbrook Resort & Golf Club (Copperhead Course)
“I HAVE A HABIT OF MAKING
IT TOUGH ON MYSELF. JUST NERVES GOT ME, TO BE
HONEST WITH YOU.”
—Jim Furyk on the final round
The fifth fairway on the Copperhead Course at the players’ favorite, Innisbrook Resort.
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Through the Transitions
Championship, 13 of the 20
TRANSITIONS CHAMPIONSHIP LEADERBOARD PLAYER
1 JIM FURYK 2 K.J. CHOI
3 BUBBA WATSON 4 NICK WATNEY 5 RETIEF GOOSEN T6 STEPHEN AMES T6 LUKE DONALD T8 JONATHAN BYRD
ROUNDS & TOTAL FEDEXCUP EARNINGS 67 68 67 69 271 69 69 67 67 272 70 65 70 68 273 73 70 65 67 275 67 68 70 71 276 69 71 70 67 277 71 68 67 71 277 67 70 70 71 278
T8 PADRAIG HARRINGTON 69 65 72 72 278 T8 NICK O’HERN
T8 CARL PETTERSSON T8 STEVE STRICKER
72 68 67 71 278 67 68 70 73 278 70 66 71 71 278
500.00 $972,000 300.00 $583,200 190.00 $367,200 135.00 $259,200 110.00 $216,000 95.00 $187,650 95.00 $187,650 75.00 $145,800 75.00 $145,800 75.00 $145,800 75.00 $145,800 75.00 $145,800
rookies on TOUR were ranked in the Top 125 in the FedExCup standings.
Retief Goosen (2)
Most Victories: K.J. Choi and
The fourth green on the Lawrence Packard designed course.
If you were blindfolded until taken to the middle of the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club, you might swear you were at one of the many excellent courses in the Pinehurst, NC, area.
The Copperhead Course, which was designed by Larry Packard, has hosted this PGA TOUR event since 2000. Prior to that, it was the site of the J.C. Penney Mixed- Team Classic, which paired players from the TOUR and LPGA.
The course is routinely rated as among the best courses, either private or public in Florida and is a regular in the rankings by major golf publications. Packard also designed two other courses at the resort. The Island Course has many fans who feel it rivals the Copperhead Course, as well as the three nines at the Sandpiper Course. But the Copperhead Course is routinely mentioned by the players on TOUR as one of their favorites—and with good reason.
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