Jim Furyk has been confirmed as Team USA captain for the 2027 Ryder Cup at Adare Manor in Ireland.
The 55-year-old becomes 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 have turned 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.
"The opportunity to captain the US Ryder Cup team for a second time is a tremendous honour," Furyk said upon the announcement. "I am deeply grateful to the PGA of America Ryder Cup committee for entrusting me to lead our team into the 46th Ryder Cup.
"My passion for the Ryder Cup and dedication to the US team have never been stronger. Having previously captained the team, I understand the responsibilities and immense pride that come with this role.
"I look forward to drawing on that experience while incorporating some new ideas as we prepare for 2027. I am committed to putting our players in the best position to succeed as we work to reclaim the Cup on European soil."
Furyk made his playing debut in 1997 and went on to feature in nine consecutive tournaments, up until 2014, which included 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 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."
Your Site Golf correspondent Jamie Weir:
"Not a particularly surprising choice. But I don't think it's a particularly inspiring choice either. At best, he's kind of a safe pair of hands.
"Look, let's be clear about this. The PGA of America had one choice and only one choice for captaincy next year, and that was Tiger Woods. They put all their eggs in the 'Tiger basket'. When it became evident that Tiger couldn't be captain for next year, for reasons we don't need to go into now, they were left scrambling.
"They were left with a choice of maybe a first timer like Webb Simpson, Brandt Snedeker or Stewart Cink - none of them particularly inspiring choices either. They've gone with Jim Furyk, who has done the job before. He's been involved in every single Ryder Cup team since 1997. Nine of them in a row from 1997 to 2014, in a playing capacity and as a vice-captain, 2016, 2021, 2023, and last year at Bethpage.
"He was the losing captain in Paris back in 2018. Alongside Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, he was kind of a symbol of that generation of US golf, where they were always going into Ryder Cups as the favourites. But invariably found themselves on the losing side. Like I said, he played in nine and on only two occasions was he on the winning side.
"They've really been left with no choice, the PGA of America, or very few options, I should say. I think it shows as opposed to the European Ryder Cup Team, who have a very clear succession plan in place and it's all joined-up thinking, the PGA of America are just making it up on the hoof.
"They've lurched from Keegan Bradley back to Jim Furyk, who will be 57 years of age by the time the tournament starts next year, so he doesn't really have that much in common with the younger generation of American golfers, so they have very few options after Tiger ruled himself out. So Jim Furyk again it is next year up against Luke Donald, who is going for three in a row."
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