Once in a while I run across news stories that catch my eye solely due to my interest in sleep. In this spirit, today I encountered a story about a professional golfer who overslept -- with some major consequences.
It happens to nearly everyone at some point, and today PGA golfer Jim Furyk overslept. He was reliant upon his cell phone's alarm clock to awaken him, but the battery must have gone dead because it did not. Instead, he awoke at 7:23 a.m. and rushed to Ridgewood golf course, arriving five minutes after his scheduled tee time. He was therefore disqualified from the tournament. He had been in 3rd place with potential tournament prize winnings of $10 million.
This is apparently the second time Furyk has overslept and missed his early tee time. He may benefit from some advice to improve sleep habits. Moreover, he may want to determine his sleep needs and then he could eliminate the alarm clock. In the meanwhile, he'll likely be arranging a wake-up call.
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