{"id":793947,"date":"2026-05-13T17:43:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/793947\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T17:43:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:43:13","slug":"jim-furyk-tells-us-players-they-need-to-make-ryder-cup-more-of-a-priority-ryder-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/793947\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Furyk tells US players they need to make Ryder Cup more of a priority | Ryder Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jim Furyk has admitted the United States need to make the Ryder Cup<\/a> more of a priority as the 56-year-old plots a reversal of fortunes at Adare Manor in September 2027.<\/p>\n

Speaking expansively for the first time since being handed the US captaincy<\/a> for a second time, Furyk pointed towards an overhaul of approach to the biennial event. He also suggested he will be keen to involve Tiger Woods on his backroom\u00a0team.<\/p>\n

Victory for Europe at Bethpage last year means the US have won two of the past eight Ryder Cup stagings. The PGA of America wanted Woods to assume the captaincy for Adare, a scenario that was subject to delay before it was rendered impossible by the 15-time major winner\u2019s Florida car crash in March<\/a>. Enter Furyk, who was the captain when the US were trounced in Paris in 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It seems, however, that Furyk has an abundance of ideas on how to improve matters for his \u00adcountry. That will start with insistence of an attitude shift. The lingering sense is always that Europeans care more about the Ryder Cup than their\u00a0opponents.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I look at my job, it\u2019s to create a culture, a chemistry among them and put them in positions where they can be really \u00adsuccessful,\u201d Furyk said. \u201cThen I look at our \u00adorganisation top to bottom and \u00adhaving two sets of goals. First, short-term, no secret, we want to be successful at Adare. We want to go over there and win on foreign soil, \u00adsomething we haven\u2019t done in a long time. It\u2019s not going to be easy. We have to scratch and claw, but we have the talent to be able to do that.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen I look at it from a long-term perspective and something we need to improve on and get better at. I like to say we need to create a blueprint. We need to create more continuity for our players and for our future captains. And we really need to start making the Ryder Cup more of a \u00adpriority each and every year, year in and year out, and focus on \u00adgrowing and \u00adevolving into the future. That\u2019s \u00adsomething I really take\u00a0seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n

It feels unwise to dismiss Furyk\u2019s chances, given Europe will be in the unusual position of heavy \u00adfavourites in Ireland regardless of what happens between now and then. The \u00adAmericans may relish being\u00a0underdogs.<\/p>\n

On the eve of the US PGA<\/a> \u00adChampionship at Aronimink in Furyk\u2019s native \u00adPennsylvania, Woods remained a theme. He is taking time away from golf for treatment after his accident, with his professional future wholly unclear. Furyk has not spoken to the 50-year-old, but wants him in the Ryder Cup\u00a0equation.<\/p>\n

\u201cOut of courtesy and for him, his family, and maybe a road to health, I haven\u2019t reached out, but I will \u00addefinitely,\u201d Furyk said. \u201cWe\u2019ll see where that role may fall. In the past, he\u2019s taken a back seat. I will say I enjoyed serving as a vice-captain with him a number of times. He brought a lot to the team room, a lot of knowledge and a lot of experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Luke Donald, who is in the field at the US PGA, will be able to pick Jon Rahm for the next Ryder Cup. Photograph: Matt Slocum\/AP<\/p>\n

Furyk\u2019s European counterpart, Luke Donald, is delighted to be able to call upon the services of Jon Rahm. A lengthy standoff between Rahm and the DP World Tour over sanctions for the Spaniard\u2019s participation on LIV Golf threatened to remove him from the Ryder Cup equation. The matter has now been resolved<\/a>, with Donald dismissing any sense it could cause lingering issues within Europe\u2019s\u00a0squad.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn agreement had come to \u00adfruition sooner rather than later,\u201d he said. \u201cThe longer you leave that, the more onus is on me to potentially help with some of those bridges.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s my job to make sure \u00adeveryone is aligned. I like to use the phrase, even brothers fight sometimes. But deep down, they love each other and the mission is pretty clear when we play a Ryder Cup, to win.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey understand that putting those feelings, those egos of \u00addifferent personalities, personal things to one side is important if you\u2019re going to be successful. I don\u2019t have any real qualms or issues that the team room won\u2019t be unified.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy, Rahm and Jordan Spieth is the marquee grouping on days one at two at the US PGA. Focus will be on McIlroy\u2019s movement after his preparation was disrupted by a troublesome blister on a little toe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jim Furyk has admitted the United States need to make the Ryder Cup more of a priority as…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":793948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[1430,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-793947","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116568510099486137","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}