Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| player | country | year (s) won | total | to par | finish |
| billy casper | united states | 1959 | 285 | + 5 | t4 |
| arnold palmer | united states | 1960 | 286 | + 6 | t5 |
| gene littler | united states | 1961 | 291 | + 11 | t11 |
| ed furgol | united states | 1954 | 292 | + 12 | t14 |
| jack nicklaus | united states | 1962 | 295 | + 15 | t23 |
Title:
1964 u.s. open (golf)
Statement:
the earliest winner was ed furgol , who won in 1954
Answer:
supported