Jim Furyk oversleeps and is 6 minutes late for PRO AM....

• karen lotz

  

  and is disqualified from The Barclays, which is scheduled to begin a day later. WTF PGA?
  
  http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=5495576
• gerb131

  

  That is pretty idiotic. Furyk is one of my favorite golfers and no way he would do this intentionally and the Barclays is a bigger tournament.
• TigerNation10

  

  The PGA is a joke when it comes to their rules.
• karen lotz

  

  The Barclays is the first leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs and Furyk is currently 3rd in the standings. This won't eliminate him from the playoffs but it definitely could hurt his bid for a huge payday at the Players. I can understand if he was late for his tee time for the actual event, but the damned Pro-Am? Get real. The last few weeks have not looked very good for the PGA ruleswise.
• OneBuckeye

  

  Wouldn't he have a caddy that would be like "hmmm wtf is up with furyk, I better wake him up."
• wildcats20

  

  He said he uses his phone for an alarm(as do A LOT of people) and when he woke up, the phone had no power or something like that.
  
  The PGA is a joke when it comes to this stuff. It's a PRO AM!!! He didn't miss his tee time tomorrow.
• justincredible

  

  This is incredibly lame. Who cares about the Pro-Am anyway?
• BR1986FB

  Probably had Elaine from Seinfeld in charge of setting his alarm clock & waking him up.
• karen lotz

  

  justincredible;461415 wrote:This is incredibly lame. Who cares about the Pro-Am anyway?

  
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• lhslep134

  

  You guys don't get it, and I don't blame you.
  
  
  But Pro-Ams make up a large amount of revenue that the tournament site generates, especially at an event where there are marquee players. If the PGA instituted no such rule that if you skip the Pro Am you can't play in the tournament, then no one would play in Pro Ams and the tournament site would lose a lot of revenue.
  
  The only reason they instituted this rule in 2004 was because a lot of pros were skipping pro ams for mysterious reasons (obviously they didn't want to play).
  
  Now, does it suck for Furyk? Yes. But a rules a rule.
• karen lotz

  

  What don't we get? He didn't skip the Pro-Am did he? He was 6 minutes late and he was disqualified from the actual event. Don't talk down to us like you are the almighty when it comes to the PGA tour.
• lhslep134

  

  karen lotz;461606 wrote:What don't we get? He didn't skip the Pro-Am did he? He was 6 minutes late and he was disqualified from the actual event. Don't talk down to us like you are the almighty when it comes to the PGA tour.

  
  
  You, and apparently everyone else on here don't get the importance of the Pro Am.
  
  I'm not acting high and mighty, I'm explaining the reasoning for the rule.
• Art Modell

  

  Rules are rules. If the spoiled fuck dont like it, go it a real job. For the guys on here sticking up for him, you're just as pussified as he is. He is earning millions of dollars playing a game that the average person pays to play. Get your lame ass out of bed dbag!!!!
• mattinctown

  Rules are rules, so I agree with the PGA on that, however, how about a fine or something instead of kicking him out of this week's tournament??? He didn't intend on missing the event, sometimes things happen like this, I think the penalty was a bit harsh though.
• justincredible

  

  6 minutes late != skipping the event.
• SportsAndLady

  

  lhslep134;461617 wrote:You, and apparently everyone else on here don't get the importance of the Pro Am.

  
  Uhhhh we get the rule..but rules can be mended and they should here. He wasn't skipping out to get a blowie from John Daly's hooker, he overslept and was 6 minutes late.
• bases_loaded

  

  Fluff is his caddy. This is a shame because Jim in one of the good guys out there and I was hoping to see him finish strong in the FedEx cup
• stroups

  

  lhslep134;461587 wrote:You guys don't get it, and I don't blame you.
  
  

  
  LOL....... Using the old SQ line
• Ironman92

  

  It is very clear......this is not the first time this has happened. Always have a backup alarm.
  
  It's just enforced to make sure players don't skip the Pro-am
  
  All this being said, you'd like to think another Pro could fill in until Furyk appeared and maybe could result in a 2 stroke penalty like everything else in golf.
  
  LOL...he showed up with no socks on, shoes untied, shirt untucked.....Jim is an ugly dude as is....he was probably looking very Happy Gilmoresque.
  
  Modell with the worst post of the day.
• wildcats20

  

  Ironman92;461963 wrote:It is very clear......this is not the first time this has happened. Always have a backup alarm.
  
  It's just enforced to make sure players don't skip the Pro-am
  
  All this being said, you'd like to think another Pro could fill in until Furyk appeared and maybe could result in a 2 stroke penalty like everything else in golf.
  
  LOL...he showed up with no socks on, shoes untied, shirt untucked.....Jim is an ugly dude as is....he was probably looking very Happy Gilmoresque.
  
  Modell with the worst post of the day.

  
  Right it's not like he said fuck it and didn't even bother showing up. Dude crawled out of bed and basically ran to the course.
• Ironman92

  

  lol.......being late like that is the worst feeling
  
  I teach 65 miles from my house. My school begins at 7:25. I've been late 1 time in 13 years and that was because I was stuck in traffic behind a dumbass woman afraid to go down an icy hill. She backed up traffic for 45 minutes and nearly 6 miles......waiting for a salt truck. That being said I left 10 minutes earlier than usual that day.
  
  On occasion I'll snooze the alarm and doze off for another 15 minutes and put myself into a rat race that I hate to start the day with.....but I get there.....without penalty.
• wildcats20

  

  You mean they didn't disqualify you from teaching that week??
• lhslep134

  

  SportsAndLady;461674 wrote:Uhhhh we get the rule..but rules can be mended and they should here. He wasn't skipping out to get a blowie from John Daly's hooker, he overslept and was 6 minutes late.

  
  That's not what I'm referring to.
  
  I'm referring to all of the posts...."who cares, it's just a pro am" or posts made with similar zeal.
  
  I'm just saying that the reason the PGA is a bunch of douchebags about a PRO AM is because it's actually extremely important too, not just some worthless venture during the middle of the PGA week and that golfers felt it was worthless so something had to be done.
  
  You guys just completely overreacted over my post. Saying I'm high and mighty, seriously? Maybe I guess there was a misinterpretation somewhere, but whatever, don't get your panties in a bunch.
• justincredible

  

  Ok, so the Pro-Am is a bigger deal than I thought. Still, this is completely stupid to severely punish the guy for an honest mistake. CLEARLY he wasn't trying to skip the event or wasn't just taking his time to get there if he arrived with no socks, untied shoes, and an untucked shirt.
• lhslep134

  

  justincredible;462016 wrote:Ok, so the Pro-Am is a bigger deal than I thought. Still, this is completely stupid to severely punish the guy for an honest mistake. CLEARLY he wasn't trying to skip the event or wasn't just taking his time to get there if he arrived with no socks, untied shoes, and an untucked shirt.

  
  Agreed.