Furyk lands cash bonanza

Jim Furyk headed to the Ryder Cup tonight almost £7.2m (€8.5m) richer after landing golf’s biggest jackpot in Atlanta.

The 40-year-old American won the Tour Championship by a single shot from England’s Luke Donald – also bound for Celtic Manor – and with it added the £6.3m (€7.4m) FedEx Cup play-off bonus to complete a remarkable turnaround from four weeks ago.