Jim Furyk has been named USA Ryder Cup captain for a second time and will lead the team for 2027 in Ireland.
The AP's Doug Ferguson first broke then news that the US Ryder Cup committee has turned to 55-year-old Furyk after Tiger Woods ruled himself out of contention.
Furyk will be the fourth man to return as US captain to take on Europe in the Ryder Cup, after he was in charge for the ill-fated 2018 contest in Paris - which Thomas Bjorn's Europe emphatically won 17.5-10.5.
Almost a decade after that debacle in France, Furyk will return for an even tougher assignment at Adare Manor - trying to stop Luke Donald from winning three Ryder Cups in a row.
“The opportunity to captain the US Ryder Cup Team for a second time is a tremendous honor," said Furyk. "I am committed to putting our players in the best position to succeed as we work to reclaim the cup on European soil.”
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 for 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.
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).
Furyk joins 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.
