USA's next Ryder Cup captain decided after Tiger Woods turns down offer: report

Jim Furyk is returning arsenic the skipper for the United States' Ryder Cup squad adjacent year, The Associated Press reported Friday.

It's a blast from the past, though not needfully a affirmative past - Furyk captained the 2018 squad that was shellacked successful France, with his captain's picks combining to spell 2-10.

Keegan Bradley captained past year's squad astatine Bethpage Black, which had an embarrassing archetypal 2 days but gave a valiant effort astatine an unprecedented comeback successful Sunday singles. They fell conscionable short, 15-13, aft entering the time trailing by 7 points.

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Jim Furyk coaches connected the eighteenth greenish during a signifier circular of the Ryder Cup play tourney astatine Bethpage Black successful Bethpage, New York, connected Sept. 25, 2025. (Dennis Schneidler/Imagn Images)

Members of that USA squad backed Bradley aft their loss, but it appears to beryllium for naught.

Furyk led the Americans to triumph arsenic Presidents Cup skipper successful 2024, and helium was said to beryllium a reliable dependable arsenic an adjunct to Bradley astatine Bethpage.

Furyk's 2018 squad had issues down the scenes, too, arsenic Patrick Reed was not blessed with being benched twice. He besides blamed Jordan Spieth for the 2 not playing together, which Reed felt could person been successful.

Furyk would beryllium the 4th U.S. skipper to get a 2nd accidental dating to 1979, considered the modern epoch of the Ryder Cup, erstwhile continental Europe became portion of it, on with Davis Love III (2012 and 2016), Tom Watson (1993 and 2014) and Jack Nicklaus (1983 and 1987).

U.S. Team skipper Jim Furyk addresses the media during a property league astatine Bellerive Country Club successful St. Louis, Missouri, connected Aug. 13, 2018, to denote the 8 qualifying members of the 2018 U.S. Ryder Cup team. (John David Mercer/USA TODAY Sports)

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Tiger Woods' sanction was floated astir for the tourney successful Ireland, but helium took himself retired of information soon pursuing his apprehension connected March 27. It was not known which mode Woods was leaning erstwhile his SUV clipped the backmost of a trailer being pulled by a pickup motortruck connected a residential roadworthy successful Florida, turning his SUV connected its side. Woods was arrested and concisely jailed aft Florida authorities determined helium was impaired.

Europe has won 11 of the past 15 matches dating to Oak Hill successful 1995. Last year, they became the archetypal squad to triumph back-to-back events since they won 3 consecutive from 2010 to 2014. It was besides the archetypal clip a squad won connected overseas ungraded since Europe's Miracle astatine Medinah successful 2012.

Luke Donald volition effort to go the archetypal skipper to triumph 3 consecutive times successful September 2027 astatine Adare Manor. Europe returned each but 1 subordinate from the 2023 squad to Bethpage, the lone quality betwixt an identical duplicate brother.

Team USA skipper Keegan Bradley and vice skipper Jim Furyk vie during the four-balls connected the 2nd time of the Ryder Cup astatine Bethpage Black successful Bethpage, New York, connected Sept. 27, 2025. (Paul Childs/Reuters)

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Furyk played successful each 9 Ryder Cups from 1997 to 2014 earlier becoming an adjunct for the archetypal clip successful 2016. He's remained an adjunct since 2021.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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