Furyk counts ‘gentleman’ McGinley as friend

Here’s a golfing trivia question for you: Who was Paul McGinley’s opponent when the Irishman holed the winning putt at the 2002 Ryder Cup?

Nearly 14 years after being the USA team member to ‘lose’ the Ryder Cup, Jim Furyk still speaks kindly of McGinley as one of his good friends. While McGinley was making his Ryder Cup debut at The Belfry, Furyk had played on the previous two USA teams, losing in 1997 but winning in 1999, before also going on to play in every Ryder Cup since.

He played against McGinley again in the biannual competition at the K Club in 2006. This time he teamed up with Tiger Woods to defeat McGinley and Pádraig Harrington 3&2 in the Saturday foursomes.