Furyk up one on Steve Stricker

Jim Furyk kept his fifty nine behind with a round which was ten shots higher in BMW Championship. An opportunity to win was all that mattered that made Saturday a huge success. Jim recovered from a slow beginning with 3 birdies in a 5 hole stretch across the turn. A 3 putt bogey from thirty feet on the par five 18th pushed him to settle for a two under sixty nine and a 1 shot lead over German golfer Steve Stricker.

Jim Furyk told that the target was to go out and shoot a good number, give him a spot to win this golf event. It could have been better out there. He dropped that shot at 18 he was disappointed for that. Probably, it was one of the easier holes of the day. But he got himself in good spot, so rather than dwell on the final hole, he would probably tend to want to think about tomorrow and what he have to do to try to win a golf event.

It was a different ending from Friday, when Jim Furyk shoot a wedge to three feet for birdie on the final hole (number nine) for a twelve under fifty nine, becoming just the 6th golf player in the history of the PGA Tour to score the magic number of the game.

None anticipated another round such as that from Jim, even though Matt Kuchar had a sixty one early in the day when conditions were favorable – with fast greens, firm fairways and increasing wind. 3 other golfers who had fifty nine in an earlier round came after with anything better than 68, but Jim did quite enough to offer himself a scope to end 3 years without a win.

Rory McIlroy confirms participation

Former two time major champion and the current world number three Rory McIlroy has confirmed his participation at this year’s Australian Open to be held at the Royal Sydney Golf Club between the 28th of November and 1st of December later this year, along with Australian golfer Adam Scott, according to a statement released by the organizers of the event.

This will, in all probability, be the last big tournament for the Northern Irishman this season and will mark his return to the tournament for the first time since 2007 when he played at the event when it was held in Melbourne, finishing tied for 15th. He last played at the Royal Sydney Golf Club when he was still an amateur, playing at the event in 2006 when he finished tied at 59th position back in 2006.

According to a statement released by Rory McIlroy, it has been quite a long time since he last participated in the Australian Open at Sydney when he was there as a 17 year old amateur golfer and then played at the event the following year in 2007 after just turning professional.

He mentioned that he had loved playing in Sydney and mentioned that he was very much looking forward to returning to the Royal Sydney Golf Club and renew his acquaintance with the course once again.

McIlroy has had a torrid season this time around having not won a single title throughout the year and not even finishing close to the leader at the end of an event and many have blamed the change of equipment that Rory McIlroy made this season and with fan favorite and world number four Adam Scott playing alongside him at the event, winning the title at the Australian Open will prove to be a lot difficult too.

About Jason Dufner

Jason Dufner is a professional golfer from the United States of America who currently plays on the US PGA Tour, where he has earned two titles till date. Born in Cleveland region of Ohio, Dufner and his family moved to Washington when he was 11 years old and then again to Fort Lauderdale in Florida when he was 14. It was in Fort Lauderdale where he first took up golf during his stint in school as a sophomore as well as in his junior and senior years.

At the famous Auburn University, Dufner was a walk on and went on to win three titles in his collegiate career and was also an honorable mention as an All American back in 1997. He went on to graduate from the University in 2010 with an honors degree in Economics. Having turned professional in 2001, Jason Dufner went on to join the Nationwide Tour, which is considered by many as the developmental territory of the US PGA Tour. He played on the Nationwide Tour in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006, going on to win two titles – the BUY.COM Nationwide Tour in 2001 as well as the LaSalle Bank Open in his last season of the Nationwide Tour in 2006.

During his early career in the US PGA Tour, he struggled to hold his place down on the Tour. He played on the US PGA Tour in 2004 but he had to return to the Nationwide Tour again for the 2005 season before returning to the US PGA Tour in 2007.

Jason Dufner has won two titles on the US PGA Tour, both of which have come in 2012. He won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans and the HP Byron Nelson Championship and finished runner up to Keegan Bradley in the 2011 PGA Championship.

Phil Mickelson commits to St. Jude Classic

Legendary American golfer Phil Mickelson is going for a change of strategy as he builds up to the US Open this year, looking to leave behind a disappointing couple of seasons as he looks to mount a stronger challenge for the second major of the year. The legendary American left handed golfer, who has become synonymous with the sport in the United States along with Tiger Woods, has committed to play in the FedEx St. Jude Classic as he looks to get into momentum ahead of the US Open in a month’s time.

This a tournament that has not had the presence of Lefty for too long, and Mickelson has appeared only twice in the tournament, missing the cut back in 2001 and finishing with a T-59 the last time he participated in 2009. Phil Mickelson joins a strong field for the tournament, including defending champion Dustin Johnson, Ian Poulter and Brandt Snedeker to commit to the tournament as of now, which will take place between the 6th and 9th of June in Memphis, Arizona at the TPC Southwind.

Phil Cannon, the director of the tournament revealed to the media about the participation of Lefty in the tournament through a press release where he stated that he is not qualified to speak about such a legendary player and there is nothing left for him to say that has already not been said about the player.

Cannon went on to state that Phil Mickelson is, without a doubt, one of the greatest golfers of all time and it is a privilege for everyone associated with the tournament that he has decided to play in the tournament once again. Mickelson is a player who prefers playing the week before a major but didn’t play before The Masters but he is going back to his old habit again.