Furyk outlines Woods' Ryder Cup motivation

United States Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk believes Tiger Woods is fully focused on enjoying success in a team environment after ending his personal win drought at the Tour Championship on Sunday. Furyk said: "When you look at now, maybe comparing past Ryder Cups to this one, I think what's so special is Tiger has ingrained himself in our team atmosphere. "He became such a big part of the team in 2016 as a vice-captain, and then again in 2017 as an assistant captain at the Presidents Cup. I think it's special for him now to join these younger players as a team-mate. "What's important for him right now is to be a part of that team, a part of that group. As Thomas [Bjorn, the European captain] talked about, it's a 12-on-12 type of atmosphere and I think he really enjoys that right now. "He won yesterday as an individual and I know how much that means to him and how important it was, but he's flipped that page pretty quickly and is really excited to join his team-mates and move forward in that process." The USA skipper said: "We were waiting yesterday, we had a major victory for the team and we had a whole group of guys waiting in the team room, and then a giant roar ... when [vice-captain] Steve Stricker walked in the room after his victory [on the Champions Tour] last night." Addressing the success of Woods with more seriousness, Furyk added: "Obviously Tiger played so well. He's played really well all year. It's obviously a nice buzz for our team ... the crowd on the 18th fairway yesterday was amazing. "Not that this event needs more energy brought to it - it's probably the biggest, the grandest event in all of golf - but it [Woods' win] will add that much more exciting, I believe. It's exciting either way, but it adds to it."

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