USA Ryder Cup Captain 2027: Jim Furyk Set To Return

Jim Furyk with the Ryder Cup — (Image credit: Getty Images)

Jim Furyk is reportedly set to be named USA Ryder Cup captain for a second time and lead the team for 2027 in Ireland.

The AP's Doug Ferguson says that multiple sources have told him the US Ryder Cup committee have turned to 55-year-old Furyk after Tiger Woods ruled himself out of contention.

Woods was always the first choice for the PGA of America but his latest DUI arrest and subsequent stepping away from golf saw him also take himself out of the running.

With the 15-time Major champion out of the picture, the vastly experienced Furyk is the man selected with the almighty task of stopping Donald's European juggernaut from claiming a third straight Ryder Cup at Adare Manor.

And as the USA are acutely aware, they are without an away Ryder Cup in over 30 years, with the last victory on European soil being at The Belfry in 1993.

One of those defeats was an emphatic one for Furyk at Le Golf National, with one of many criticisms of his tenure being his captain's picks going 2-10-0.

Jim Furyk and the US team celebrate winning the Presidents Cup — Jim Furyk won the 2014 Presidents Cup as captain

Furyk has since won the Presidents Cup as captain in 2024 though, and not many players have as much experience of team golf as the 2003 US Open champion.

Remarkably, Furyk has been involved in every Ryder Cup since making his playing debut way back in 1997 - he played in nine straight events with one appearance as captain (2018) and four others as a vice-captain (2016, 2021, 2023, 2025).

If confirmed, Furyk will join Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson and Davis Love III as returning USA captains since Europe joined the event in 1979.

Love infamously was on the wrong end of the Miracle of Medinah in 2012, but made amends when given the chance four years later at Hazeltine when his USA side ran out commanding six-point winners.

Watson was captain for America's last away win in 1993, but he could not replicate that when he returned over two decades later to lead another disappointing defeat at Glenagles in 2014.

Nickalus also suffered a home Ryder Cup defeat in his first captaincy in 1983, but avenged that loss when he returned in 1987 on his own Muirfield Village Golf Course.

Paul Higham is a sports journalist with over 20 years of experience in covering most major sporting events for both Sky Sports and BBC Sport. He is currently freelance and covers the golf majors on the BBC Sport website. Highlights over the years include covering that epic Monday finish in the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor and watching Rory McIlroy produce one of the most dominant Major wins at the 2011 US Open at Congressional. He also writes betting previews and still feels strangely proud of backing Danny Willett when he won the Masters in 2016 - Willett also praised his putting stroke during a media event before the Open at Hoylake. Favourite interviews he's conducted have been with McIlroy, Paul McGinley, Thomas Bjorn, Rickie Fowler and the enigma that is Victor Dubuisson. A big fan of watching any golf from any tour, sadly he spends more time writing about golf than playing these days with two young children, and as a big fair weather golfer claims playing in shorts is worth at least five shots. Being from Liverpool he loves the likes of Hoylake, Birkdale and the stretch of tracks along England's Golf Coast, but would say his favourite courses played are Kingsbarns and Portrush.

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