At age twelve, Furgol injured his left elbow when he fell off a set of parallel bars at a playground.

Despite several surgeries, the elbow never healed correctly and was left with a crooked arm ten inches (25 cm) shorter as a result.

[2][3] Furgol won six times on the PGA Tour, including one major championship, the 1954 U.S. Open.

Although he was from the same town as fellow tour player Marty Furgol (1916–2005), they were not related.

[1][5] this list may be incomplete PGA Tour playoff record (2–1) Source:[13] CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1959 PGA Championship) R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play "T" indicates a tie for a place