Furyk disqualified from the Barclays

World number six Jim Furyk has been disqualified from the first of the FedEx Cup play-offs in America – a day before it has even started.

Furyk was barred from The Barclays tournament in New Jersey because he overslept and missed his 7.30am tee-off time in the curtain-raising pro-am.

The Ryder Cup star, who will win his seventh cap against Europe at Celtic Manor in October, was third in the play-off standings, but will now have to wait and see how much his blunder affects him in the four-tournament series.

Furyk set a wake-up call on his mobile phone, but the power ran out during the night.

It has been a policy of the US Tour – and the women’s circuit in America – that anyone failing to show for the pro-am will be disqualified from the event except when it is an injury or a family emergency.