Congressional Country Club has U.S. Open style feel, says Jim Furyk
Jim Furyk has said that the Congressional Country Club still has the “U.S. Open style feel”, as he is seeking to grab the first victory of the season at the AT&T National, slated to start from Thursday, June 28, 2012.
Furyk was talking to the PGA Tour website and told that he noticed the course closely and found that the club officials have not changed anything since the US Open was played in 2011.
“I've always liked the golf course. I was probably a little surprised in the setup in that you figure after a U.S. Open goes through, the mowing lines, the rough lines are usually brought in narrow for a U.S. Open, and they never pushed them back out. ...
It definitely has a U.S. Open style feel to it”.
According to Furyk, he has played a number of tournaments at Congressional when it was not set up like it has been for the last one year.
Therefore, he cannot use his past experiences to make shots on different holes of the course and must rely on the memories of last year’s major event at the venue.
In the meantime, he also talked about the forecast of hot weather conditions throughout the week. He said that he prefers to play in hot conditions, especially in the summers.
Therefore, he was not worried about the heat factor on the course. Yet, he was concerned about its affect on the course conditions.
He believes that the course officials will have to work really hard in order to maintain the greens.
“I'm more worried about how it's going to affect the golf course and the setup of the greens and can they keep them as fast and firm or are they going to have to put some water on them to help them out a little bit,” said Furyk, who tied for the fourth position
in the US Open this year.
Furyk is now listed among the hot favourites to the invitation-only event because of his recent form on the PGA Tour. He has recorded a total of four top-10 and nine top-25 finishes in 13 appearances so far.
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