Jim Furyk's FedEx Cup playoff run is over, left to wait for Ryder Cup pick

Jim Furyk’s truncated PGA Tour season ended on Monday, with the 2003 U.S. Open champion failing to finish high enough in the Deutsche Bank Championship to advance to the next stage of the FedEx Cup playoffs.

With Furyk outside the top 70 in points, he won’t get another opportunity to impress U.S. Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III that he’s deserving of one of Love’s four wild-card picks, three of which he’ll announce after the BMW Championship.

In his two playoff starts, Furyk may have been trying too hard to stand out.

“My game is not far off, but at the moment it’s not where I’d want it to be,” said Furyk, who finished T-41 at The Barclays and T-57 at the Deutsche Bank Championship. “It’s been tough the last couple of weeks not to press a little bit.”

However, not all is lost. Furyk finished the PGA Tour regular season with a pair of top-10 finishes, and he also finished tied for runner-up at the U.S. Open. Despite missing the first four months of 2016 to recover from a wrist injury, Furyk has some serious highlights, including that PGA Tour record, final-round 58 at the Travelers Championship.

While some signs might point toward a pick, Furyk, who is also one of Love’s vice-captains for Hazeltine, hasn’t talked with the captain about the situation.

“I haven’t had any discussions with Davis yet [about the picks],” said Furyk. “That would be Davis’ decision; if he is considering me for a captain’s pick then it would be very awkward. If he’s not, it would be real easy to hop right in there with everyone else and discuss who those four guys will be.”

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