Jim Furyk is set to return to captain Team USA for the 2027 Ryder Cup at Adare Manor in Ireland.
The Associated Press reported on Friday that Furyk, 55, will change into one in every of solely 4 US captains to have led the crew on a number of events since 1979, when continental Europe was established as a crew.
Tiger Woods had been the favorite to take over from Keegan Bradley as the US Team’s captain for the 2027 occasion, however selected to rule himself out of consideration following his resolution to take a break from golf after a automobile crash in March.
As the US Team appears to be like to bounce again after back-to-back defeats in Rome and New York, the PGA of America are set to flip to Furyk, who has loads of expertise each enjoying and serving as a captain at this tournament.
Furyk has been concerned in each US Ryder Cup crew for the previous 30 years, and captained the crew at the 2018 Ryder Cup at Le Golf National in Paris, the place his aspect have been crushed 17.5 to 10.5 by their European opponents.
Furyk made his enjoying debut in 1997 and went on to function in 9 consecutive tournaments, up till 2014, which embrace two successful sides and 7 shedding groups.
The 2003 US Open champion has additionally been a vice-captain in 2016, 2021, 2023 and 2025.
Furyk has beforehand opened up on why he loved attending the Ryder Cup as the US Team’s captain.
“At the end of the day, I liked being the captain and I liked being the vice captain as well because you just got so involved and got to see so much golf,” Furyk advised CBS Sports in 2023.
“I was pulling so hard for those two guys [the captain and vice-captain], but ultimately it was my job to go back to the captain and tell him here’s what I am seeing out there, ‘here’s who’s playing well, here’s who’s not, they would be better fit for this format, that format’.
“I simply beloved that a part of it. I believe each captain is shocked at how little golf they really see in the course of the week. I knew it, I used to be ready for it and I used to be nonetheless shocked at how little golf I noticed at the tip of the week in Paris.”
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