Fred Funk's 2005 Players Championship
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Players Championship 2005: Fred Funk survived a wild, wet and windy week for his signature win
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Fred Funk won the 2005 Players Championship at the age of 48.
Funk was one of the shortest hitters off the tee on the PGA Tour .
He led the field in driving accuracy, hitting 85.7 percent of his fairways ( 48 of 56) and that set up an 80.6 percent greens in regulation number.
He was the poster boy for driving accuracy and was the Tour leader in the category five times.
Fred Funk wins The Players Championship at age 51 .
Funk shot a 71 in the third round, with his only bogey at No. 18.
Funk said the only approach was tunnel-vision golf.
Funk: "The fairways were still wet.. you were getting no carry".
Funk made a combined 995 starts on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour and earned $34.1 million .
He hasn't played much recently because of injuries but that 1,000th career start is waiting.
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