Alarm failure costs Furyk

Misses Barclays pro-am after oversleeping; thrown out of event

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Alarm failure costs Furyk

Furyk: punished for pro-am absence

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World number six Jim Furyk has been disqualified from the opening event of the FedEx Cup play-offs - a day before it even started.

Furyk was barred from The Barclays tournament in New Jersey because he overslept and missed his 7.30am tee-off time in Wednesday's curtain-raising pro-am.

The Ryder Cup star, who will win his seventh cap against Europe at Celtic Manor in October, was third in the play-off standings, but will now have to wait and see how much his blunder affects him in the four-tournament series.

Furyk set a wake-up call on his mobile phone, but the power ran out during the night.

"I'm kicking myself. I have a way of climbing into situations that are all my fault," said Furyk. "I've got no one to blame but myself."

Rules

It has been a policy of the PGA Tour - and the women's LPGA circuit in America - that anyone failing to show for the pro-am will be disqualified from the event except when it is an injury or a family emergency.

Slugger White, the circuit's vice president of rules and competition, commented: "When things like that happen sometimes you think the worst - worried some stuff happened on the road.

"Thank goodness that wasn't what it was. We kept looking and kept trying to call. It is unfortunate. Knowing Jim as I do and we all do, he handled it extremely professionally and put all of the blame on himself.

"He is a fan favourite and everybody likes him. He is a really good guy, but my hands are tied. I am sure he will recover quite nicely next week and jump right in there again."

The winner of the FedEx Cup will receive a first prize of $10million.

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