Trying to lose golf’s most unwanted tag

Jim Furyk still remembers his US Open threesome for the first two rounds many moons ago with Sergio Garcia and Lee Westwood.

The USGA, in its inestimable wisdom, used to like to sprinkle a few clever pairings together such as three players with the same last name or three overweight players, or in this case, the three players at the time vying for the label of best player never to win a major, or for short, “BPNTWAM.”

“I never liked that label, and I didn’t see the humour in the pairing,” said Furyk.