Phil Mickelson isn’t sure when he’ll play on the PGA Tour Champions.
Jim Furyk is heading out there this year.
Furyk, who turned 50 on May 12 and has won 17 PGA Tour titles including the 2003 U.S. Open, will still ply his trade on the PGA Tour. He played in last week’s Charles Schwab Challenge and is playing this week in the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links.
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He remains confident – just as Mickelson does – that he can win on the PGA Tour. But since Furyk and his wife, Tabitha, are hosting a new event on the PGA Tour Champions next fall, he wants to get a taste for the senior circuit.
The Constellation Furyk & Friends tournament will be played Oct. 8-10, 2021, at Timuquana Country Club in Jacksonville.
Furyk and Mickelson, who turned 50 on June 16, could play in the PGA Tour Champions’ Ally Challenge in Michigan beginning July 31.
“My goal, when (COVID-19 break) started, was to play the PGA Tour through our playoff schedule and hopefully be able to play some Champions Tour events,” Furyk said Tuesday at Harbour Town Golf Links. “I’m still holding pat with that. I would like to get at least a couple, say two to four, Champions Tour events in probably this calendar year and kind of reevaluate.
“Eventually, the timing is going to be right, and I’ll kind of flip the switch and go play the Champions Tour full-time. With Tabitha and I, with our foundation hosting an event, I want to get out there and see the guys.
“I played a practice round last week with Olin Browne and Scott McCarron. I played with Davis (Love III) today. I want to get out there and see the look, the feel, what a Champions Tour event is all about, what the Champions Tour is all about, because we have an event we need to build, and I want it to be successful, and I want the guys to like it.”
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