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Watch: Flagstick denies Furyk birdie [or saves his par] at No. 17

Jim Furyk was challenging for the second-round lead when he hit this putt for birdie on the par-3 17th.

Did the flagstick cost him a birdie? Did it keep his ball from racing past the hole and save his par?

Furyk said after his round that he believed it to be the latter.

Either way, it was a tap-in for 3 [something Tiger Woods would have gladly taken]. Furyk finished with an 8-under 64 and, at 9 under for the championship, was trailing only Tommy Fleetwood at TPC Sawgrass.