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 become one of only four US captains to have led the team on multiple occasions since 1979, when continental Europe was established as a team.
Tiger Woods had been the favourite to take over from Keegan Bradley as the US Team’s captain for the 2027 event, but chose to rule himself out of consideration following his decision to take a break from golf after a car crash in March.
As the US Team looks to bounce back after back-to-back defeats in Rome and New York, the PGA of America are set to turn to Furyk, who has plenty of experience both playing and serving as a captain at this tournament.
Furyk has been involved in every US Ryder Cup team for the past 30 years, and captained the team at the 2018 Ryder Cup at Le Golf National in Paris, where his side were beaten 17.5 to 10.5 by their European opponents.
Furyk made his playing debut in 1997 and went on to feature in nine consecutive tournaments, up until 2014, which include two winning sides and seven losing teams.
The 2003 US Open champion has also been a vice-captain in 2016, 2021, 2023 and 2025.
Furyk has previously opened up on why he enjoyed 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 told 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 just loved that part of it. I think every captain is surprised at how little golf they actually see during the week. I knew it, I was prepared for it and I was still shocked at how little golf I saw at the end of the week in Paris.”
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