News about Jim Furyk

JAKE FENNER of CROMWELL, CONNECTICUT: People attended the US Open at the Los Angeles Country Club last week, but we discovered that the course did not have one thing a major of this kind should bring. Well, there was scoring in droves and a slew of people – as well as an underdog tale. The only thing truly missing was a huge audience to see it all. LACC making tickets limited - with some being offered to staff and those in hospitality surrounded the function and drew criticism. Despite all the low scoring during the tournament, there seemed to be a certain lack of enjoyment. Now a week later, and you get a whole different tale. Well, the Travelers Championship's scores were almost identical to those seen at the US Open. However, the tournament provided the same atmosphere as LACC did not have.

On Tuesday, Jim Furyk was named captain of the United States team at the 2024 Presidents Cup. In Montreal, the biennial competition involving the United States and international teams will be held on September 24-29, 2024. Mike Weir of Canada was named captain of the international squad in November.

Angel Cabrera was aiming for his second Masters title in a sudden death playoff ten years ago. This year, he converted the Green Jacket for prison scrubs. Past Masters champions are allowed to attend the first big of the year for life, but it's impossible for the 2009 champion to walk down Magnolia Lane from his jail in Argentina, nicknamed the Prisoner of Hell. Cabrera's name was not only on the Past Champions Not Playing list for the 87th Masters edition, but he didn't even make it on the invite list.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: A decade ago this month? It may have been yesterday. And so Luke Donald is smiling his way into the midst of an amazing weekend. 'I can't believe it's been so long,' he says. "Even now, it's good to sit down and reflect about Medinah every so often.' That was always his style, a thinker more than a shouter, except for the time he wasn't one, when he stood on a bench and belted out songs with champagne-soaked hair.'