Jim Furyk was born in 1970 on May 12th which makes him 44 years of age at the moment. He was born in West Chester which is a place in the state called Pennsylvania. He is an American and currently he is living in his house which is located in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
In the year 1992, he transformed himself into a professional golf player and joined major competitions and championship in the year 1994. From then he has been a very successful game player and has been able to make the headline of news with his victories and achievements.
There are so many professional golf players out there and in this huge competition and pressure only a few can survive the pressure and make a name for themselves in the hearts of the audiences and write their name in the history of the game.
Jim Michael Furyk was able to achieve all in the game and will always be the darling of the audiences.
He married Tabitha in the year 2000, and he is the father of two children. He is a very caring husband and a loving father, and as his relationship is going strong with his wife, there is a very less chance of divorce.
Jim Michael Furyk is a very tall man with a height of 6 feet 2 inches which is approximately 1.66 meters and he weighs 84 kilograms.
Jim studied and got his degree from the University of Arizona. His latest tour has been the Nike Tour. He has a total of 26 professional wins which is a very impressive statistics and near future the numbers are going to increase. He has a total of 16 wins in PGA Tour and a single win in Web.com Tour.
He has done great in major championships, and some of the majors he has participated in are Master Tournament, U.S Open, The Open Championship and PGA Championship. However he has one major championship only one time, and it was the U.S Open in the year 2003.
He came fourth in the year 1998 and 2003 in the Masters Tournament and came second in PGA Championship in the year 2013. In The Open Championship, he was successful in finishing fourth in the years 1997, 1998, 2006 and 2014. He has done great in some majors, but he will win more trophies in near future.
He has been awarded the awards PGA Player of the year in 2010 and PGA Tour Player of the year also in 2010. He won the Vardon Trophy in the year 2006, and he was crowned the FedEx Cup Champion in 2010. These achievements and awards have definitely maximized his career earnings and made his net worth a whopping 50 million U.S dollars.
Sometimes his game has been made fun of, but his playing style is like no others. Once a commentator called David Feherty said Jim’s swing is like an octopus falling out of a tree but however he has been successful in his golf career, and it can be proved by his achievements and awards he has received.
Jim is very active in social networking sites like Twitter. He tweets and uploads his photos on the networking site. Once he tweeted that he has enough room under his cap to sneak candy and take it to the movie theater for his kids.
Liz and “Uncle” #furyk @TheBarclaysGolf
Liz and “Uncle” #furyk @TheBarclaysGolf pic.twitter.com/ExrdEJtSaf
— LizJeff (@LizzzJefff) August 25, 2016
With his tweet, he was addressing his fans with some sense of humor and making fun of himself for being bald. He is a very generous and funny guy and his tweets at times have proved that. A lot of information about him and his biography can be found in wiki sites.