Funk Takes a Closer Look at the TPC at Avenel
| The Fred Funk File |
Age: 42
Resides: Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Career victories: 5
Career earnings: $5,120,727
Season info: Native of Takoma Park has three top 10s: Mercedes Championships, Bob Hope Classic and last week's Colonial . . . Not a long hitter off the tee, but very accurate . . . Fourth on tour in par-4 performance (12 under par) and fifth in scoring average before the cut (69.82) . . . Last won at the 1998 Deposit Guaranty Classic.
Best '99 finish: T-2nd (Colonial)
Best '99 stat: Driving accuracy (1st, 80 pct.)
Season earnings (rank): $604,453 (32nd)
Worst '99 stat: Par-5 birdie leaders (156th, has birdied 30.1 pct of holes played)
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The Washington Post
Thursday, May 27, 1999; Page H4
As Fred Funk tells it, disaster lies just behind every tree, over each mound and near each creek at the Tournament Players Club at Avenel, site of this week's Kemper Open.
He should know. Funk-Takoma Park native, former golf coach at the University of Maryland and an 11-year veteran of the PGA Tour-led the 1998 Kemper Open for three rounds before a closing 77 left him tied for third.
"Avenel is one of the courses ... it has a lot of subtleties to it and not so subtle things to it," Funk said. "But if you hit away from trouble, you end up putting yourself in more trouble a lot of times. You've just got to pull off the shot you need to hit on that particular hole."
The Washington Post called on Funk's experience in playing at Avenel – this week will be his 14th Kemper Open – to give readers an insider's guide to the golf course.
Check out our
hole-by-hole guide that includes descriptions of each hole, how the pros attack the course as well photos from vantage points throughout the grounds at the TPC at Avenel.
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