Jim Furyk will have a front row seat in Ryder Cup year – and he will have it in more ways than he expected.As captain of Team USA, the former U.S. Open champion has been charged with winning the trophy for the first time since 2021.Jim Furyk captained the US Ryder Cup team to defeat in x and will take on the role again for 2027GettyEurope were victorious in New York in 2025 and will be led for the third time by Luke DonaldGettyTo do that he’ll need to be front and center with his players across the PGA Tour season, and he will now be paid for the privilege as well.Furyk will juggle the commitments of captaincy alongside a brand new multi-year role as Golf Channel’s lead analyst – per Sports Business Journal.The veteran PGA Tour champion, winner of the FedEx Cup in 2017, has impressed enough during his sporadic appearances across the 2026 season.Furyk popped up on the channel at various stages across the year, including both the U.S. Open and PGA Championship, but will now become a fixture on the line-up.He will also have duties for USA Today’s coverage of the golf season, while he will also contribute to their coverage of their majors and the Golf Channel’s Live from The Masters programme.According to SBJ’s reporting, Furyk will take on the full-time role at the expense of Notah Begay, Curt Byrum and Smylie Kaufman who had been regulars in the booth.He will provide analysis through the season, while also keeping a close eye on the contenders to make the American Ryder Cup squad, with changes to the qualification procedure expected to be announced in the coming days.The 56-year-old will get things going this week at East Lake in Atlanta, where he will be part of the coverage on the season-ending Tour Championship, where Scottie Scheffler leads the charge of players chasing a share of the lucrative $40 million prize pot.Furyk was a surprise choice to return to the role of Ryder Cup captain, eight years on from losing 17.5-10.5 in Paris.The hope is that the 2003 U.S. Open champion has learnt enough from the experience to try and win just the Americans third Ryder Cup from the last eight renewals.Furyk has been playing the Champions Tour this seasonGettyBut more importantly win a first on European soil in more than a quarter of a century.Tom Watson’s team of Fred Couples, Tom Kite and Payne Stewart in 1993 were the last American team to capture the trophy away from home, with a 15-13 win at The Belfry.What will the PGA Tour look like in 2027?The 2027 season promises to be one of the most exciting in golf with the Ryder Cup returning to Ireland in September, after a PGA Tour season that will look very different.Ahead of this week’s Tour Championship finale and the FedEx Cup Play Offs – it was confirmed that the end of next season will undergo a dramatic new look.A head to head, two-week long matchplay tournament will crown the season’s champion, while there are also reports that the PGA Tour and DP World Tour will combine forces for a global series in the Fall.Alongside that is the prospect of a return to the PGA Tour for a host of LIV Golf stars with the breakaway league’s future under severe threat of collapse following the withdrawal of Saudi Arabia‘s PIF (Public Investment Fund) backing.However the new season looks, Furyk will be up close and personal in his lucrative new role.He will need to ensure he has 12 players capable of bringing back the main focus of his year, the Ryder Cup.