What You Can Learn from Furyk’s 59 (Video) - by Pete Styles
What You Can Learn from Furyk’s 59 (Video) - by Pete Styles

So earlier in the year in 2013 Jim Furyk short 59 shots in a PGA Tour. Now this is one of the very few occasions which will ever happen in any golfer’s lifetime. And Furyk actually talked a lot about the pressure that he felt when he was playing that round. He went out in eight on the par, so he played front nine which I think there where he played was actually the back nine on the course he was playing but anyway he’s played the first nine holes in an eight on the par 28 shots. Still on the tenth tee most golfers would tot up the score card I think I’m on for a round of a life here and how many times have you been in that situation and you have crumbled and capitulated on the back nine? No I’m not suggesting you would be in a position to shoot 59 any time soon but all of us have got our own personal record of shooting 59 it might be for you making 10 on the handicap it might be breaking a 100 for the first time it might be breaking 90 for the first time but whatever it is you should have that magic score in your mind where you think if I play the absolute round of my life everything comes together and I get a better look to my sight I’ve got this magic numbers in mind and for most PGA Tour plays just around the 59 it’s just very difficult for them to do.

So when you get out to the ninth hole, the tenth tee and you add up your score card you think I could be over my target here. How does Jim Furyk think then playing the back nine? Well he’s actually been on record in interviews after that round of saying that he’d look forward to the challenge of the back nine. He thought this is the best chance I’m ever going to get to shoot this I won’t get any opportunities many times again. And it was quite important that he didn’t change to much, he didn’t start becoming defensive he’s playing the best golf of his life to get to eight under, just keep doing the same thing. In a way it’s get out of your own way and just let your brain carry on. If you start trying to change things on the tenth and doing the back nine trying to do things differently trying to defend your score, you might really struggle. If you’ve being playing the best golf of your life to get to that point just step back and just carry on playing, keep relaxed. Furyk actually talked about how was playing with Garry Woodland that day and they just talked about football. Talked about American football chatted away, looked at his score card; I’m still on target to do a 59 eh boys, got to the last hole, knew where he was in the round – he didn’t kind of score boards everywhere, crowd and press and media all over you. You know you are on for a good round check the score card, I need to birdie the last to make 59. We would all like to be in that situation to shoot our own personal record our own personal 59. Drove it nicely down the middle, knocked a wedge into three feet and ram the putt home for a 59 record breaking round. But he did that by staying in the moment, staying relaxed getting out of his own way just the good golf keep flowing and he wasn’t defensive, he just kept doing what he‘d been doing he didn’t stop pulling away just trying protect the score, he played great golf and you could learn from Jim Furyk’s 59. 2014-01-20

So earlier in the year in 2013 Jim Furyk short 59 shots in a PGA Tour. Now this is one of the very few occasions which will ever happen in any golfer’s lifetime. And Furyk actually talked a lot about the pressure that he felt when he was playing that round. He went out in eight on the par, so he played front nine which I think there where he played was actually the back nine on the course he was playing but anyway he’s played the first nine holes in an eight on the par 28 shots. Still on the tenth tee most golfers would tot up the score card I think I’m on for a round of a life here and how many times have you been in that situation and you have crumbled and capitulated on the back nine? No I’m not suggesting you would be in a position to shoot 59 any time soon but all of us have got our own personal record of shooting 59 it might be for you making 10 on the handicap it might be breaking a 100 for the first time it might be breaking 90 for the first time but whatever it is you should have that magic score in your mind where you think if I play the absolute round of my life everything comes together and I get a better look to my sight I’ve got this magic numbers in mind and for most PGA Tour plays just around the 59 it’s just very difficult for them to do.

So when you get out to the ninth hole, the tenth tee and you add up your score card you think I could be over my target here. How does Jim Furyk think then playing the back nine? Well he’s actually been on record in interviews after that round of saying that he’d look forward to the challenge of the back nine. He thought this is the best chance I’m ever going to get to shoot this I won’t get any opportunities many times again. And it was quite important that he didn’t change to much, he didn’t start becoming defensive he’s playing the best golf of his life to get to eight under, just keep doing the same thing. In a way it’s get out of your own way and just let your brain carry on. If you start trying to change things on the tenth and doing the back nine trying to do things differently trying to defend your score, you might really struggle. If you’ve being playing the best golf of your life to get to that point just step back and just carry on playing, keep relaxed. Furyk actually talked about how was playing with Garry Woodland that day and they just talked about football. Talked about American football chatted away, looked at his score card; I’m still on target to do a 59 eh boys, got to the last hole, knew where he was in the round – he didn’t kind of score boards everywhere, crowd and press and media all over you. You know you are on for a good round check the score card, I need to birdie the last to make 59.

We would all like to be in that situation to shoot our own personal record our own personal 59. Drove it nicely down the middle, knocked a wedge into three feet and ram the putt home for a 59 record breaking round. But he did that by staying in the moment, staying relaxed getting out of his own way just the good golf keep flowing and he wasn’t defensive, he just kept doing what he‘d been doing he didn’t stop pulling away just trying protect the score, he played great golf and you could learn from Jim Furyk’s 59.