The final time the Ryder Cup was hosted on European soil, Jim Furyk was captaining the United States workforce. Unable to lead his aspect to victory whereas in the end dropping 17.5 to 10.5 to the Europeans within the 2018 Ryder Cup, the 17-time winner on the PGA Tour understands what works and what would not work in a workforce’s locker room.
While Furyk was the captain, vice captains David Duval, Matt Kuchar and 2023 U.S. Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson have been instrumental in offering extra assist. With the Ryder Cup touring to Marco Simone Golf & Country Club outdoors Rome, Italy, later this 12 months, Johnson has already referred to as upon the providers of Davis Love III and Steve Stricker with extra vice captains to comply with.
On Thursday, Furyk joined CBS Sports HQ on the 2023 PGA Show and supplied what he believes to be crucial advice for a successful Ryder Cup captain.
“The staff that you bring on, the players you bring on as vice captains are going to be key for you [the captain] — the eyes, the ears that you have on the golf course,” mentioned Furyk. “Being a vice captain within the Ryder Cup, you are intimately concerned with a group. You normally have a group of fellows, 4 guys you are concerned with, you are out on the golf course following each single shot of a match for each session and you are the captain’s eyes and ears.
“The captain becomes more like the CEO; he doesn’t see a lot of golf. You have to rely, you have to depend — the folks on TV are watching every shot, or a lot of them. The captain himself sees very, very, very little golf, basically par 3s … so you really have to rely on your staff and the folks you bring out there.”
Furyk continued: “At the end of the day I liked being the captain and I liked being the vice captain as well because you just got so involved and got to see so much golf, and I was pulling so hard for those two guys, but ultimately it was my job to go back to the captain and tell him here’s what I am seeing out there, here’s who’s playing well, here’s who’s not, they would be better fit for this format, that format. I just loved that part of it. I think every captain is surprised at how little golf they actually see during the week. I knew it, I was prepared for it and I was still shocked at how little golf I saw at the end of the week in Paris.”
Furyk most just lately served as a vice captain beneath Stricker within the U.S. workforce’s 19 to 9 rout of Europe within the 2021 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits. With Johnson nonetheless needing to spherical out his management room for Rome, will probably be fascinating to see if Furyk as soon as once more will get the nod.