5. JIM FURYK

WORLD RANK 2nd

It doesn't matter which
major we're talking
about, you have
to have Furyk in the conversation.
He's always up
there near the end. He
wasn't in the picture at
Oakmont, then he threw up
three birdies in a row on the
fi nal nine and could've — or maybe
should've — won. I picked him to win,
and for a few minutes I thought he
was going to... Hey, a straight
driver and great putter is a good
bet in any major, although the British doesn't fi t his game all
that well. He's great at driving the ball in a crosswind, but I'm
not sure how good he is on the bump-and-run shots you have to
play over there. One other thing that makes the British Open a
crapshoot is that driving the ball in the fairway isn't the same
as having your ball stay in the fairway.

LAST SHOT I still think the U.S. Open is Jim's best major, but
he's so tough and determined, he could win any of them.