Furyk fires his way to the top

American Jim Furyk broke the 36-hole scoring record at the US Open today – but for many people 53-year-old Tom Watson remained the story of the week.

Furyk added a 66 to his opening 67 at Olympia Fields near Chicago for a seven-under aggregate of 133 which beat by one the mark set by Jack Nicklaus at Baltusrol in 1980 and equalled since by Taiwan’s TC Chen (Oakland Hills 1985), Lee Janzen (Baltusrol 1993) and Tiger Woods at Pebble Beach three years ago.