Jim Furyk may have been an underwhelming choice as Team USA Ryder Cup captain but he sounded like he meant business in his latest media address.
Furyk says that it’s “pretty glaring” where the main USA deficiencies have been in recent Ryder Cups and vowed to toughen up his side to try and fix the issue.
And as he spoke to the media at the PGA Championship at Aronimink, Furyk said to finally win on European soil Team USA would have to fix their glaring issues playing in the foursomes format of the Ryder Cup.
“It’s no secret that foursomes has been a glaring problem,” said Furyk. “I mean, just look at the record – I had it in my mind when I came here. We’re like 6-20 in foursomes the last three matches.
“I’ll go back to the Presidents Cup where we had pretty much a blowout win by seven points, and we lost the foursome matches by three points. I mean, it’s pretty glaring that we’re not prepared for that format.
“Right now, that’s first and foremost on my mind. We cannot continue to dig the holes we are on Friday and Saturday.
“I don’t think we’re preparing for that session very well. We’ve tried, and we almost overcame that at Bethpage, but it’s hard to overcome those holes.”
Furyk sets out Ryder Cup blueprint
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Furyk, who has been involved in every Ryder Cup since 1997 as a player, captain or vice-captain, admitted “we could have put Keegan in a much better position last year” when Bradley was a surprise pick as captain pretty late on.
And Furyk says that he hopes to create a long-term blueprint to produce future captains which involves more cohesion with the Presidents Cup.
“We need to create more continuity for our players and for our future captains,” said Furyk.
“And we really need to start making the Ryder Cup more of a priority each and every year, year in and year out, and focus on growing and…
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