Why Paul Goydos wasn't shocked by a 64 to open Furyk & Friends | PGA Tour Champions

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PALM COAST — Ask Paul Goydos why he’s been cashing bigger checks lately, you’ll get a classic Paul Goydos answer.

“I’m too inconsistent to be bad all the time,” he said after a Friday 64.

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That 8-under-par round has Goydos just one shot behind leader Ryan Armour after the opening round of the Furyk & Friends on the Ocean Course at Hammock Beach.

After struggling through the second half of last season and the first six months of 2026, when he was even grinding for top-25 finishes, Goydos has been parking in the top 20 over the past couple of months, including a pair of season-best sevenths. 

“Things have just worked out better,” said Goydos, who’s now 62 and nine years removed from the fifth of his five Champions wins.  

Throughout his career, Goydos would freely explain things don't come as easily for him as they do for some others. That remains true today, and as he’s done through nearly four decades of professional golf, he explains it with equal parts philosophy and self-deprecation.

“The difference in finishing 50th and 15th can be just a couple of putts dropping, a good bounce here or there,” he said. “Today on 12, didn’t hit a good shot but I got away with it. Had a look at birdie and probably shouldn’t have. Those things are happening and they might not have been happening earlier in the year as much.”

You can liken it to baseball, where one blooper a week that drops between fielders is the difference between hitting .300 and .250. 

“Exactly, and right now, I’m batting .300,” Goydos said.

And he also plays to form in explaining why he needs that to continue through the closing weeks of the season.

“For lack of a better word, a journeyman like myself needs good things to happen in order to play well,” he said. “A guy like Ernie Els can win this tournament with his B-game. I have to have my A-plus game and also have good things happen. 

“Tiger talks about winning tournaments with his C-game. My C-game misses every single cut for the rest of his life.” 

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