Early life

Furyk was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania. His father, Mike, was an assistant pro at the Edgmont Country Club and later also spent time as a pro at West Chester Golf and Country Club as well as Hidden Springs Golf Course in Horsham. His early years were spent in the Pittsburgh suburbs learning the game from his father, who was also head pro at Uniontown Country Club in Uniontown, Fayette County.

He graduated from Manheim Township High School in Lancaster County in 1988, where he played basketball in addition to being a state champion golfer. He played his junior golf at Meadia Heights Golf Club just south of Lancaster city. He played college golf at the University of Arizona in Tucson, where he was an All-American twice, and led the Wildcats to their first (and only) NCAA title in 1992.

Professional career

Furyk turned professional in 1992. He won the Nike Mississippi Gulf Coast Classic on the Nike Tour in 1993. He joined the PGA Tour in 1994 and won at least one tournament each year between 1998 and 2003. At the time, this was the second-best streak of winning seasons behind Tiger Woods and he made the top ten in the Official World Golf Ranking. Furyk's biggest win to date came on June 16, 2003, when he tied the record for the lowest 72-hole score in U.S. Open history to win his first major championship.

In 2004, he only played in fourteen events after missing three months due to surgery to repair cartilage damage in his wrist; he missed six cuts and his highest finish was T6, which caused him to fall out of the top hundred on the money list. He returned to good form in 2005 and regained his top ten ranking, winning a PGA Tour event in that year and two in 2006. In the 2006 season, he finished a career-high second on the money list and won the Vardon Trophy for the first time. He had 13 top-10 finishes, including nine top-3s, four second-place finishes, and two victories.

The 2010 season was a banner one for Furyk. After going more than two seasons winless, he won a career-best three tournaments on Tour in 2010: The Transitions Championship, the Verizon Heritage, and the season-ending Tour Championship. His victory in the Tour Championship also earned him the 2010 FedEx Cup after winning by one stroke. His accomplishments in 2010 won him both the PGA Player of the Year and PGA Tour Player of the Year for the first time.

Since 2012, Furyk has come close on several occasions to winning more titles. At the 2012 U.S. Open, Furyk led after 54 holes and was still the leader deep into the final day, before snap hooking his drive into the trees at the 16th which led to a bogey and was followed by another at the 18th. He finished in a tie for fourth, two strokes behind Webb Simpson. At the 2012 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Furyk led after the first three rounds and looked set to win the championship as he held a one-stroke lead going into the final hole, but a double-bogey cost him the title to Keegan Bradley.

At the 2013 PGA Championship, Furyk led by one stroke going into the final day over Jason Dufner, but this time his lead was overturned on the front nine and he was unable to reduce the deficit as Dufner won by two strokes. Furyk's caddy since 1999 has been Mike "Fluff" Cowan, who was Tiger Woods' caddy for Woods' first two years as a professional.

On September 13, 2013, Furyk shot a 12-under-par 59 in the second round of the BMW Championship at Conway Farms Golf Club in Lake Forest, Illinois, becoming just the sixth player to shoot 59 in a PGA Tour event.

In July 2014, Furyk held the 54-hole lead at the RBC Canadian Open, with a three stroke advantage over his nearest competitor Tim Clark. However Clark produced five birdies in his last eight holes to claim the title, after Furyk missed a 12 footer on the 18th green to force a playoff. The three shot margin was the largest 54-hole lead Furyk has ever lost in his tour career.

In February 2015, Furyk held a one shot lead at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am going into the final round, but shot a two over round of 74 to finish six strokes behind Brandt Snedeker. Furyk's round was the worst of any player to finish within the top 50 on the final day. Since Furyk's last victory at The Tour Championship in 2010, he is 0-for-9 with a lead/co-lead after 54 holes. On April 19, 2015, Furyk ended the long slump when he defeated Kevin Kisner with birdie on the second playoff hole at the RBC Heritage. The victory was his second at the event and his 17th victory on the PGA Tour.

In 2015, at the BMW Championship, Furyk withdrew with a wrist injury. This was his first withdraw since 1995, it also came at the same course he had shot a 59 two years before. Furyk qualified for the 2015 Presidents Cup team but could not play due to the same injury and instead became an assistant captain. J. B. Holmes replaced him on the team.

Other

As Mike Furyk describes in a Golf Digest issue in 2001, Jim Furyk's hips "underturn" during the backswing and "overturn" coming down. On the downswing, he draws the club in a large arc behind his body (viewing from his right hand side), then pastes his elbow against his right hip at impact. Golf commentator Gary McCord has said it looks like Furyk is trying to swing inside a phone booth. Another commentator David Feherty memorably described Furyk's swing as "an octopus falling out of a tree". Others have noted it reminds them of "a one-armed golfer using an axe to kill a snake in a telephone booth."

Professional wins (27)

PGA Tour wins (17)

Legend

Major championships (1)

FedEx Cup playoff event (1)

Other PGA Tour (15)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Oct 15, 1995	Las Vegas Invitational	67-65-65-67-67=331	−28	1 stroke	Billy Mayfair
2	Feb 18, 1996	United Airlines Hawaiian Open	68-71-69-69=277	−11	Playoff	Brad Faxon
3	Oct 18, 1998	Las Vegas Invitational	67-68-69-63-68=335	−25	1 stroke	Mark Calcavecchia
4	Oct 17, 1999	Las Vegas Invitational	67-64-63-71-66=331	−29	1 stroke	Jonathan Kaye
5	Mar 6, 2000	Doral-Ryder Open	65-67-68-65=265	−23	2 strokes	Franklin Langham
6	Jan 14, 2001	Mercedes Championships	69-69-69-67=274	−18	1 stroke	Rory Sabbatini
7	May 26, 2002	Memorial Tournament	71-70-68-65=274	−14	2 strokes	John Cook, David Peoples
8	Jun 15, 2003	U.S. Open	67-66-67-72=272	−8	3 strokes	Stephen Leaney
9	Aug 3, 2003	Buick Open	68-66-65-68=267	−21	2 strokes	Briny Baird, Chris DiMarco, Geoff Ogilvy, Tiger Woods
10	Jul 3, 2005	Cialis Western Open	64-70-67-69=270	−14	2 strokes	Tiger Woods
11	May 7, 2006	Wachovia Championship	68-69-68-71=276	−12	Playoff	Trevor Immelman
12	Sep 10, 2006	Canadian Open	63-71-67-65=266	−14	1 stroke	Bart Bryant
13	Jul 29, 2007	Canadian Open	69-66-69-64=268	−16	1 stroke	Vijay Singh
14	Mar 21, 2010	Transitions Championship	67-68-67-69=271	−13	1 stroke	K. J. Choi
15	Apr 18, 2010	Verizon Heritage	67-68-67-69=271	−13	Playoff	Brian Davis
16	Sep 26, 2010	The Tour Championship	67-65-70-70=272	−8	1 stroke	Luke Donald
17	Apr 19, 2015	RBC Heritage	71-64-68-63=266	−18	Playoff	Kevin Kisner

PGA Tour playoff record (4-8)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1996	United Airlines Hawaiian Open	Brad Faxon	Won with birdie on third extra hole
2	1997	United Airlines Hawaiian Open	Mike Reid, Paul Stankowski	Stankowski won with birdie on fourth extra hole Reid eliminated with par on first hole
3	1998	Buick Classic	J.P. Hayes	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
4	2001	WGC-NEC Invitational	Tiger Woods	Lost to birdie on seventh extra hole
5	2003	Ford Championship at Doral	Scott Hoch	Lost to birdie on third extra hole
6	2005	Wachovia Championship	Sergio García, Vijay Singh	Singh won with par on fourth extra hole Garcia eliminated with par on first hole
7	2005	Michelin Championship at Las Vegas	Wes Short, Jr.	Lost to par on second extra hole
8	2006	Wachovia Championship	Trevor Immelman	Won with par on first extra hole
9	2007	Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial	Bernhard Langer, Rory Sabbatini	Sabbatini won with birdie on first extra hole
10	2010	Verizon Heritage	Brian Davis	Won with par on first extra hole
11	2012	Transitions Championship	Bae Sang-moon, Luke Donald, Robert Garrigus	Donald won with birdie on first extra hole
12	2015	RBC Heritage	Kevin Kisner	Won with birdie on second extra hole

Nike Tour wins (1)

• 1993 Nike Mississippi Gulf Coast Classic

Sunshine Tour wins (1)

• 2006 Nedbank Golf Challenge

Other wins (8)

• 1995 Lincoln-Mercury Kapalua International
• 1997 Argentine Open
• 1998 Fred Meyer Challenge (with David Duval)
• 2002 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Rich Beem and John Daly)
• 2003 PGA Grand Slam of Golf
• 2005 Nedbank Golf Challenge (South Africa - unofficial money event)
• 2008 PGA Grand Slam of Golf
• 2009 Chevron World Challenge

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
2003	U.S. Open	3 shot lead	−8 (67-66-67-72=272)	3 strokes	Stephen Leaney

Results timeline

Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	T29	T28	4	T14
U.S. Open	T28	DNP	T5	T5	T14	T17
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	T45	4	T4	T10
PGA Championship	DNP	T13	T17	T6	CUT	T8

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Masters Tournament	T14	T6	CUT	4	DNP	28	T22	T13	T33	T10
U.S. Open	60	T62	CUT	1	T48	T28	T2	T2	T36	T33
The Open Championship	T41	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	4	T12	T5	T34
PGA Championship	T72	T7	9	T18	CUT	T34	T29	CUT	T29	T63

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Masters Tournament	CUT	T24	11	T25	T14	CUT
U.S. Open	T16	CUT	T4	CUT	T12	T42
The Open Championship	CUT	T48	T34	CUT	4	T30
PGA Championship	T24	T39	T42	2	T5	T30

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	2	4	12	19	16
U.S. Open	1	2	0	6	6	10	21	18
The Open Championship	0	0	0	5	6	7	20	13
PGA Championship	0	1	0	2	6	10	21	18
Totals	1	3	0	15	22	40	82	66

• Most consecutive cuts made - 13 (1994 U.S. Open - 1998 Open Championship)
• Longest streak of top-10s - 4 (1997 U.S. Open - 1998 Masters)

Results in World Golf Championship events

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Cadillac Match Play Championship	R64	R16	DNP	R16	R16	DNP	R64	R64	R32	R64
Cadillac Championship	T11	DNP	NT1	T33	T12	T36	T15	4	T35	T2
Bridgestone Invitational	T10	T4	2	T6	T6	T22	T24	3	DNP	T27

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Cadillac Championship	3	T37	T49	DNP	T35	T62	T12
Cadillac Match Play Championship	R16	R32	R64	R64	R32	QF	4
Bridgestone Invitational	T51	T6	T23	T2	T9	T15	T3
HSBC Champions	DNP	DNP	T62	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

1Cancelled due to 9/11
DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Yellow background for top-10.
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

PGA Tour career summary

Season	Wins (Majors)	Earnings ($)	Rank
1994	0	236,603	78
1995	1	535,380	33
1996	1	738,950	26
1997	0	1,619,480	4
1998	1	2,054,334	3
1999	1	1,827,593	12
2000	1	1,940,519	17
2001	1	2,540,734	13
2002	1	2,363,250	14
2003	2 (1)	5,182,865	4
2004	0	691,675	116
2005	1	4,255,369	4
2006	2	7,213,316	2
2007	1	4,154,046	7
2008	0	3,455,714	12
2009	0	3,946,515	7
2010	3	4,809,622	2
2011	0	1,529,690	53
2012	0	3,623,805	12
2013	0	3,204,779	15
2014	0	5,987,395	3
2015	1	3,732,664	16
Career*	17 (1)	$65,644,297	4

*As of the 2014-15 season.

U.S. national team appearances

Professional

• Ryder Cup: 1997, 1999 (winners), 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 (winners), 2010, 2012, 2014
• Presidents Cup: 1998, 2000 (winners), 2003 (tie), 2005 (winners), 2007 (winners), 2009 (winners), 2011 (winners)
  • Presidents Cup record W-L-H: 20-10-3
• World Cup: 2003

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