Jim Furyk adjusts his schedule

Saturday, January 3, 2009 2:54 pm (Eastern)

By Sal Johnson

Since he won't be at the Mercedes, Furyk won't start 2009 until the AT&T Pebble Beach pro-am

For a guy like Jim Furyk he has always been use to playing in the Mercedes-Benz Championship. Since the event moved to Kapalua in 1999 he has only missed one, in 2005 and that was because he was hurt most of '04.

One of the reasons Furyk loves the event is because he has a vacation home across the canyon from the 18th green at the Plantation course at Kapalua, so in a way the Mercedes is like a vaction for him. So it's a perfect place for him to start the year and then travel over to Honolulu for the Sony Open.

Photo: © Stan Badz/PGA Tour Jim Furyk not playing in '09 until AT&T Pebble Beach.

But with him not winning in '08 and not qualifying for the Mercedes he will not play for the first five weeks waiting until the AT&T Pebble Beach to play for the first time. As he said about the start of this year:

"It's basically the same schedule I've run in the past. I'll miss the first five weeks, which is basically the same schedule I've always played in the past, but without being at Mercedes, I chose not to go out to Sony. That's actually one of my favorite events, but to get ready around the holidays -- honestly, if I had one spot that I disliked about our schedule year in and year out, it's that the day after Christmas I'm worried about getting ready for an event and going out to Mercedes. It's actually probably not fair to my family, not fair to my kids, and I have the opportunity this year to not go and maybe pick up another event along the way. I love the Sony Open, love the golf course. I've won there and lost in a playoff, and I've had a lot of great finishes, so I'll miss it. But that'll be good family time for me. Hopefully I win a bunch this coming year and I'd love to go back and play Mercedes and Sony. "


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