Captain Jim Furyk out to cure American travel sickness

Five times Jim Furyk crossed the Atlantic to fly the Stars and Stripes on European soil and five times he returned home on the losing Ryder Cup side.

Captain Jim Furyk out to cure American travel sickness

Five times Jim Furyk crossed the Atlantic to fly the Stars and Stripes on European soil and five times he returned home on the losing Ryder Cup side.

Now as the United States captain he is trying to break a 25-year streak of American defeats on this side of the pond, but Furyk is not prepared to sugar-coat just how difficult it will be to emulate the success of Tom Watson’s 1993 victory at the Belfry.

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