Furyk foils McDowell and Harrington’s Chevron bid

JIM FURYK staged a sensational finish to the Chevron World Challenge at Sherwood Country Club last night to hold off a strong challenge over the closing holes from the Irish pair Pádraig Harrington and Graeme McDowell and England’s Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter and pull off his first win of the year.

Furyk birdied the long 16th after leaving a 60-foot putt on the very edge of the hole for eagle. At the short 17th, he had another long putt, this one from 40 feet, which he judged to perfection for the most unlikely of par threes before hitting two glorious shots at the 18th to within six feet from where he holed for a decisive birdie three.

The American shot two rounds of 67 over the weekend to get to 13 under par and picked up a cheque for $1.3 million.