{"id":29884,"date":"2020-07-18T11:58:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T08:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jim-furyk-and-steve-stricker-turning-back-time-at-memorial\/"},"modified":"2020-07-18T11:58:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T08:58:00","slug":"jim-furyk-and-steve-stricker-turning-back-time-at-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jim-furyk-and-steve-stricker-turning-back-time-at-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"#Jim Furyk and Steve Stricker turning back time at Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Jim Furyk and Steve Stricker turning back time at Memorial<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n DUBLIN, Ohio \u2014 Golf, at the professional level, is a young man\u2019s game<\/a>. <\/p>\n

A glance at the world rankings will show you that, among the top-20 ranked players, only three have reached their 40th birthday \u2014 44-year-old Tiger Woods, who\u2019s ranked 14th, 40-year-old Adam Scott, who\u2019s ranked ninth, and 42-year-old Matt Kuchar, who\u2019s ranked 20th.<\/p>\n

The rising stars in golf have either not yet reached 30 or barely eclipsed that threshold \u2014 No. 1 ranked Rory McIlroy is 31, No. 2 Jon Rahm is 25, No. 3 Justin Thomas is 27, No. 7 Bryson DeChambeau is 26, No. 13 Collin Morikawa is 23 and ranked one spot ahead of Woods.<\/p>\n

You get the picture. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s a young man\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is,\u2019\u2019 50-year-old Jim Furyk agreed after shooting a 4-under 68 in Friday\u2019s second round of the Memorial to enter the weekend in a tie for eighth, five shots out of the lead.<\/p>\n

Furyk, the 2018 Ryder Cup captain, is tied with 53-year-old and good friend Steve Stricker, who\u2019s the current U.S. Ryder Cup captain. Stricker, who won the Memorial in 2011, shot a 5-under 67 on Friday and is also 4-under for the week.<\/p>\n

Vijay Singh, who\u2019s 57 and won the Memorial in 1997, is 1-over par and made the cut. Ernie Els, 50, was even par entering Friday but missed the cut after shooting a second-round 77.<\/p>\n

Make no mistake: Muirfield Village is a big ballpark. It\u2019s not Colonial or Harbour Town or Innisbrook, which are singles-hitters parks.<\/p>\n

Add to that: The conditions this week have bordered on treacherous with the rough having not been cut in more than a week and the greens, which will be torn up for replacement on Sunday as the final round is taking place, starting to show a sheen shinier than Mr. Clean\u2019s bald head.<\/p>\n

And yet here are 50-somethings Furyk and Stricker in the mix with 36 holes to play.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of fun to see the old guys go out there and play well,\u2019\u2019 Furyk told The Post after his second round, standing alongside his 72-year-old caddie, Mike \u201cFluff\u2019\u2019 Cowan.<\/p>\n

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Steve Stricker and Jim Furyk<\/span>Getty Images (2)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Furyk and Stricker remain in contention despite the fact that they hit the ball some 50 yards shorter off the tee than DeChambeau, McIlroy, Johnson, Brooks Koepka et al.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was 39, I was asked by a writer, \u2018Are you afraid the game\u2019s going to pass you by with all these young kids coming out hitting it farther and farther?\u2019 \u2019\u2019 Furyk recalled. \u201cI said, \u2018Eventually that\u2019s going to happ<\/a>en. It\u2019s not today. It\u2019s not tomorrow. It\u2019s not next year. But it\u2019s coming eventually.\u2019 \u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Furyk and Stricker are staving off eventually at the moment, and it\u2019s cool to see.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs you get older, you either find other ways to compete and get a lot better in some other areas or eventually you\u2019re not going to hit it far enough to compete,\u2019\u2019 Furyk said. \u201cThere\u2019s still some courses out here that are really difficult for me to compete and give up a bunch of yardage to guys.<\/p>\n

\u201cA golf course like this puts stress on me. It\u2019s put stress on me the last few years. For me to come into these greens with 6-iron when someone else going in with 9-iron is a significant difference. The way it\u2019s set up right now and way it\u2019s playing, I\u2019m still capable, but I\u2019m kind of [better off at] Fort Worth and Innisbrook and Harbour Town. <\/p>\n

\u201cThose are the ones that are up my alley.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Can Furyk do this weekend what he did in 2002 at Memorial, which is win?<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I didn\u2019t think that, I wouldn\u2019t be playing,\u2019\u2019 Furyk said. \u201c[Saturday] will be about putting myself in position to make a run at that on Sunday.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

The way the course is hardening, two more 68s, which would get Furyk to 12-under, might do the trick.<\/p>\n

\u201cI imagine this place if going to turn white or get into shades of purple by the time Sunday afternoon comes around,\u2019\u2019 Furyk said. \u201cI hit a lot of good shots out there [Friday] and actually got to see some putts go in, which was kind of fun. It feels good going into the weekend in good shape. I\u2019m happy about it.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Especially at 50.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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