Another punch in the gut for Furyk

By: Paul Newberry Posted: 1:00 AM CDT Monday, Aug. 12, 2013

PITTSFORD, N.Y. -- The pose was a familiar one for Jim Furyk -- buckled over as if he'd taken a punch in the gut, barely able to watch the flight of the ball.

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PITTSFORD, N.Y. -- The pose was a familiar one for Jim Furyk -- buckled over as if he'd taken a punch in the gut, barely able to watch the flight of the ball.

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PITTSFORD, N.Y. — The pose was a familiar one for Jim Furyk — buckled over as if he’d taken a punch in the gut, barely able to watch the flight of the ball.

The ending felt achingly similar, too.

Denied in another major championship.

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Jim Furyk is lamenting not making a charge down the stretch, but is optimistic his last major victory is not behind him. — patrick semansky / the associated press Jim Furyk is lamenting not making a charge down the stretch, but is optimistic his last major victory is not behind him.

Furyk came up two shots shy of Jason Dufner in the PGA Championship, unable to mount any sort of charge coming down the stretch on a warm, sunny Sunday at Oak Hill.

Dufner seized control just before the turn. His playing partner in the final group never punched back, the agony apparent in his mannerisms as all hope slipped away on the last two holes.

“I wish I could’ve put some heat on him,” Furyk said. “I wish I had made him work harder those last two holes.”

Even with a bogey-bogey finish, Dufner redeemed himself for throwing away a four-stroke lead at the 2011 PGA in Atlanta, where he lost to Keegan Bradley in a playoff.

Furyk felt the sting of another close call at a Grand Slam.

This was the second time in a little over a year that he has had a second major title in his grasp. Last summer at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, he bogeyed two of the last three holes and finished two strokes behind Webb Simpson.

“I’ve had some chances to close it out, and I wasn’t able to get it done,” Furyk said. “But I guess it’s days like this that will make the next one sweeter.”

At 43, Furyk still feels as if he has the game to win another.

“On one hand, yeah, I’m disappointed,” Furyk said. “But I’m kind of re-energized right now. I’m playing well and enjoy playing golf.”

— The Associated Press