The PGA of America is going back to a loyal soldier to captain the U.S. Ryder Cup team Sept. 17-19, 2027 at Adare Manor in Ireland.
Jacksonville resident Jim Furyk will be named to guide the U.S. team, his second turn after leading the team in France in 2018, where they lost to Europe 17.5-10.5. Golfweek, a USA TODAY Co., affiliate, reported the news on April 24 and later in the day, Furyk confirmed to the Times-Union, through a family member, that the reports are accurate. He declined further comment until after the PGA of America makes a formal announcement.
In addition to the 2018 Ryder Cup, Furyk has been a vice-captain four times, in 2016, 2021, 2023 and 2025, and led the U.S. Presidents Cup to victory in 2024 in Montreal.
Tiger Woods was considered the front-runner for the 2027 captaincy but is currently in rehabilitation after a car accident and subsequent charges for DUI in March.
As a player, Furyk competed in nine Ryder Cups in a row from 1997 to 2014. He won 17 PGA Tour events, highlighted by the 2003 U.S. Open.
The PGA issued a statement to Golfweek that said, “We will share details regarding the Ryder Cup Captain announcement as soon as we can.”
Furyk may have to work with European captain Luke Donald to cool emotions that boiled over into the extreme last year at Bethpage State Park, when U.S. fans were verbally abusive to European players and their wives, with one throwing a can of beer at Rory McIlroy’s American-born wife Erica Stoll.
Europe won the Ryder Cup on American soil for the first time since 2012.
Davis Love III, Tom Watson last to serve twice
The PGA last asked a captain to serve twice in 2016, when Davis Love III of St. Simons Island, Ga., led the U.S. to a 17-11 victory at Hazeltine National in Chaska, Minn. Love was the captain in 2012 at Medinah when Europe rallied to win 15-13.
Tom Watson was the 2014 captain, 21 years after he served in the role in 1993.
Arnold Palmer (1963, 1975) and Sam Snead (1951, 1959) were also two-time captains. Ben Hogan was the captain three times (1947, 1949, 1967) and Walter Hagen holds the record by captaining the U.S. team for the first six Ryder Cups, between 1927 and 1937.
What has Jim Furyk been doing?
Furyk is the host of the PGA Tour Champions Constellation Furyk & Friends, which moves this year from the Timuquana Country Club to Ocean Hammock in Palm Coast.
Injuries have kept Furyk from competing on the Champions Tour full-time since he won three times in his first two years, including the 2021 U.S. Senior Open.
Furyk also has worked for Golf Channel at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, The Players Championship and the Masters
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Jim Furyk confirms he will be U.S. Ryder Cup captain for 2027 event
Reporting by Garry Smits, Jacksonville Florida Times-Union / Florida Times-Union
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