US Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk rues ‘25 years of scars’

Captain Jim Furyk believes the United States have “25 years of scars” to overcome to retain the Ryder Cup in Paris next year.

The last time the United States won the biennial contest on European soil was in 1993, with the most recent defeat at Gleneagles in 2014 prompting a public row between Phil Mickelson and captain Tom Watson.

That also led to the formation of a task force - of which Furyk was a member - to examine all aspects of the Ryder Cup process and it paid instant dividends with a comprehensive victory at Hazeltine in 2016.