
Jim Furyk

- World Ranking
- 356
- Age
- 51
- Turned Pro
- 1992
- Hometown
- West Chester, Pennsylvania
- College
- University of Arizona
- Height
- 6 ft 2 in
- Weight
- 185 lbs
Bio
Father, Mike, has been his only swing instructor.
In 2015, received the ASAP Sports/Jim Murray Award that honors a player who is cooperative and accommodating to the media. The award is presented at the Golf Writers Association of America annual award dinner the week of the Masters.
In 2016, received the Payne Stewart Award presented annually to a professional golfer who best exemplifies Stewart's steadfast values of character, charity and sportsmanship.
The Jim and Tabitha Furyk Foundation is involved with various projects throughout North Florida and supports the following charities: Operation Shower, Blessings in a Backpack, Wolfson Children's Hospital, Community PedsCare, MaliVai Washington Youth Foundation and the Monique Burr Foundation.
Met his wife, Tabitha, at the Memorial Tournament in Ohio in 1995. Tabitha went to Ohio State University.
Lifelong Pittsburgh Steelers fan.
Played one year of high school basketball as a sophomore.