ADARE MANOR — Jim Furyk says Team USA is not satisfied despite a historic Presidents Cup comeback, warning changes are coming ahead of the 2027 Ryder Cup. Speaking alongside European captain Luke Donald at Adare Manor on Tuesday, Oct. 6, the 2027 U.S. captain pointed to back-to-back Ryder Cup defeats even after the Americans rallied from 10.5-7.5 down to beat the Internationals 17-13 at Medinah, the largest final-day comeback in Presidents Cup history.
"We're not real happy with the last two results, so, yes, change will be made. We're going to evolve. We're going to get better, noticeably, I guess, right off the bat, a new points system moving forward, a new analytics team moving forward. But a number of different changes coming and stuff that we're very excited about," Furyk said, per a transcription by ASAPtext. He added that even the best players in the world are trying to stay on top of their games and find ways to evolve, a word he said both captains use often within their organizations.
Furyk did not name any players and did not blame world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler directly, though Scheffler's recent team record looms large. Scheffler won three times in 2026 and claimed the FedEx Cup, but he went 1-4-0 at the 2025 Ryder Cup and was benched for one session at Medinah before winning during Sunday's surge that saw Jacob Bridgeman clinch the Cup. Furyk watched it as one of Brandt Snedeker's captain's assistants after the U.S. lost all five foursomes matches on Friday and took just two points from nine foursomes matches overall. The context is the Ryder Cup, where the U.S. lost 15-13 to Europe at Bethpage Black in 2025 after trailing by a record seven points entering Sunday, and fell in Rome in 2023. Europe has now won nine of the last 12 Ryder Cups, including its first win on U.S. soil since 2012.
Two structural changes are already in motion. The new points system, announced Sept. 9, will run from The American Express in January to the BMW Championship in August and cover 31 events, with results from the 2026 season including the major championships no longer counting and points no longer tied directly to prize money. Major winners will earn 3,000 points, The Players Championship winner 2,850, Signature Events and playoff winners 2,250, and regular full-field winners 1,500, with the top six qualifying automatically and Furyk choosing six captain's picks. On analytics, Golfweek reported in June that Furyk moved away from Scouts Consulting Group, which had worked with U.S. teams since 2016, to a new group led by Justin Ray and Hunter Stewart, a change Furyk said made for a difficult conversation with Scouts founder Jason Aquino as Europe continues to lean on Edoardo Molinari.
Furyk brings a long history to the job. He was reminded Tuesday by moderator Scott Crockett that eight years ago he was hitting shots off the Eiffel Tower as U.S. captain in Paris before a one-sided European win in 2018, and he has been part of every U.S. Ryder Cup team since 1997 as a player, assistant or captain, including leading the U.S. to victory at the 2024 Presidents Cup at Royal Montreal. The next test is the 2027 Ryder Cup at Adare Manor in County Limerick, Ireland, from Sept. 17-19, where the U.S. has not won on European soil since 1993.