Establishment (J. Furyk) vs. New Breed (J. Day)

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One of the themes for the 2011 PGA TOUR season is the competition involving the Establishment vs. the New Breed. How will the established players -- those with significant TOUR experience and long-standing championship pedigree -- fare against the young, hungry up-and-comers who are looking to nudge their way into the TOUR's elite?

Each week, PGATOUR.COM will select two players -- one from the New Breed and one for the Establishment -- and analyze their chances heading into the tournament. We'll then track which player has the better score for his team, and keep a running team tally throughout the year.

This week for The Heritage, we've selected defending champion Jim Furyk and Jason Day, who is making his first start since tying for second in his Masters debut two weeks ago.

ESTABLISHMENT AGE: 40 YEARS ON TOUR: Furyk is in his 18th season on the PGA TOUR. He has 16 victories, including the 2003 U.S. Open, and Furyk won the FedExCup last year. OVERVIEW: Few players can boast of careers as consistent as the one Furyk has put together. He won his first PGA TOUR event in 1995 and added at least one victory in 11 of the next 15 seasons. He has 144 top-10 finishes in 253 starts -- including 22 seconds and 13 thirds. Furyk won his only major championship at Olympia Fields when he beat Stephen Leaney by three strokes. Furyk set the Open's 36-hole (with Vijay Singh) and 54-hole records that week and tied the 72-hole mark. But Furyk won a career-best three tournaments last year -- including the season-ending TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola -- on the way to winning the FedExCup. He picked up the Jack Nicklaus Award and was voted by his peers as the Player of the Year. As a testament to his consistency, Furyk has never finished lower than 11th in the four years of the FedExCup competition and has been fifth or better in each of the last three. HISTORY IN THIS EVENT: Furyk took a few years to get acclimated to Harbour Town but once he did, his record is impressive. Furyk has played at The Heritage 12 times but in his last eight appearances he has finished 15th or better six times, including two seconds to go with the victory, while missing just two cuts. OUTLOOK THIS WEEK: Furyk has taken a little while to get untracked this season. He tied for ninth at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions but didn't have another top-10 until he matched that finish at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard. He was solid at the Masters, tying for 24th. Look for him to get things rolling again at Hilton Head.   NEW BREED AGE: 23 YEARS ON TOUR: This is Day's fourth full season on the PGA TOUR. The talented young Aussie has already won more than $6 million and picked up his first victory a year ago at the HP Byron Nelson Championship. OVERVIEW: Day is coming off a career year that saw him earn his first PGA TOUR victory and finish eighth in the FedExCup after posting top-10 finishes in his first two Playoffs starts. Day's victory came in a wild week in Texas where he actually considered withdrawing due to a nagging sinus infection. But he hung tough and ended up taking a two-stroke lead into the final round. That advantage had dwindled to a single shot over his playing partner, Blake Adams, as the two came to the 72nd hole. Both found the water hazard but Day managed the clutch bogey and held on for the win. Day also tied for 10th at the PGA Championship in only his second major. Day heated up again in the Playoffs where he held the 36-hole lead at The Barclays and went on to tie for fifth. He held at least a share of the lead during the first three rounds of the Deutsche Bank Championship before finishing second, five strokes behind Charley Hoffman, who closed with a 62. HISTORY IN THIS EVENT: Day has played in The Heritage twice. He missed the cut as a PGA TOUR rookie in 2008 but tied for 22nd last year, shooting 5 under. OUTLOOK THIS WEEK: Day left Augusta National feeling like a winner after making birdie on the last two holes to pull into a tie for second with Adam Scott, two strokes behind Charl Schwartzel. It was his third top-10 in eight starts this season -- and the third runner-up of his career. He ranks 14th in driving distance but 47th in ball-striking, which should play well at Harbour Town.

Tee times

Round 1 Tee Time for Furyk, Day

Jim Furyk and Jason Day will be paired with Matt Kuchar on Thursday at 1:10 p.m.

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Establishment vs. New Breed: 2011 results

Here are the results of the previous matchups this year

ESTABLISHMENT Score/Finish Tournament NEW BREED Score/Finish   Steve Stricker 20 under (T-4th) Hyundai TOC Dustin Johnson 14 under (T-9th)   Ernie Els 4 under (T-42nd) Sony Open Jason Day 8 under (T-20th) Stewart Cink 5 under (MC) Bob Hope Classic Bubba Watson 7 under (MC) Davis Love III 5 over (MC) Farmers Insurance Open Rickie Fowler 5 under (T20) Angel Cabrera 7 under (T-49th) Waste Management Phoenix Jhonattan Vegas 2 under (MC)     Padraig Harrington 2 over (T63) AT&T Pebble Beach National Dustin Johnson Even (T55) Jim Furyk 1 under (T35) Northern Trust Open Louis Oosthuizen 3 over (T62)     Vijay Singh 9 over (MC) The Honda Classic Anthony Kim 7 over (MC) Luke Donald 11 under (T6) WGC-Cadillac Championship Jhonattan Vegas 2 under (T31)   Sergio Garcia 7 under (T15) Transitions Championship Matteo Manassero 6 under (T20)   Phil Mickelson 1 under (T24) Arnold Palmer Invitational Graeme McDowell 9 over (MC)     Fred Couples Even (T60) Shell Houston Open Gary Woodland 10 under (T13) Tiger Woods 10 under (T4) The Masters Martin Kaymer 6 over (MC)   Justin Leonard 2 under (T30) Valero Texas Open Anthony Kim 7 over (MC)