Jim Furyk will reportedly get another shot at a U.S. Ryder Cup captaincy.
The PGA of America has settled on the veteran player and former captain after Tiger Woods took himself out of the running for the position last month.
Furyk, like Davis Love III before him, gets another opportunity after captaining a losing team, but his second act will come on the road at Adare Manor next year in Ireland.
The Associated Press first reported the news, citing three unnamed sources who were unauthorized to publicly comment on the PGA of America’s decision.
Furyk, 55, a 17-time winner on the PGA Tour, is no stranger to the Ryder Cup.
He captained the team in a losing effort in France in 2018. He also assisted Love in his 2016 victory at Hazeltine as well as Ryder Cup teams in 2021, 2023 and last year’s loss under captain Keegan Bradley at Bethpage Black.
Furyk was also the captain of the winning U.S. Presidents Cup team in 2024 in Montreal and assisted with other Presidents Cup teams as well.
The U.S. has lost consecutive Ryder Cups, including its first home loss since 2012, which was a team Furyk played on. He played in a record 34 matches across nine Ryder Cups, but like the fortunes of many of his U.S. teams, he had a losing record of 10-20-4.
Furyk faces a daunting task: to win on the road for the first time since 1993. The U.S. has not won overseas since Tom Watson captained the team to victory that year at the Belfry. Since then, the Americans lost in Spain (2017), England (2002), Ireland (2006), Wales (2010), Scotland (2014), France (2018) and Italy (2023).
Woods, who turned down the 2023 captaincy, had been mulling another offer to be captain this spring when he was involved in a car crash near his home and arrested under suspicion of DUI. He has since said he is getting treatment and has pulled away form his duties on the PGA Tour Policy Boards as well as taking himself out of the running for the captaincy.
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