Nobody thought he was long enough off the tee to compete with the big boys. Much of the golf world still knows precious little about Fred Funk. His record and his game, which continues to improve each year, are largely unrecognized. These are just more reasons why Funk is the anti-Tiger. Woods assumes tournaments are there to be won.
Funk assumes very little.
It doesn't mean he isn't one of the Tour's hardest workers. It doesn't mean he isn't afraid of being 7 or 8 under 15 holes into a round. It doesn't even mean he isn't a dark horse to win this U.S. Open, a tournament in which he has missed the cut six times in 10 tries. It just means you'll never need armed guards to escort Funk from the 18th green to the locker room. He is quiet and unobtrusive.