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 15, 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 14 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 from 1999–2024 was
Mike "Fluff" Cowan, who was
Tiger Woods' caddy for Woods's 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. 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 withdrawal 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. Furyk missed the early part of the 2016 season after undergoing wrist surgery. This caused him to miss the
2016 Masters Tournament and brought to end a run of 47 consecutive major championship appearances. In June 2016, at the
2016 U.S. Open, Furyk finished in a tie for second, three shots behind
Dustin Johnson at one under par. He shot a four-under round of 66 in the final round to vault up the leaderboard. This was the third time during his career Furyk had been runner-up at the U.S. Open. On August 7, 2016, Furyk shot a
12-under-par 58 in the final round of the
Travelers Championship at
TPC at River Highlands in
Cromwell, Connecticut, becoming the first player to shoot 58 in a PGA Tour event. This also made Furyk the first PGA Tour pro to card two rounds under 60. On January 11, 2017, Furyk was named as the United States
Ryder Cup captain for 2018. At the
2018 Ryder Cup, the U.S. lost to the Europe team by 17½ points to 10½ at
Le Golf National in France. Following the matches, Furyk was subject to criticism from
Masters champion
Patrick Reed. Reed criticized Furyk's manner of making pairings and, more specifically, his decision to break up the previously successful Reed-
Jordan Spieth pairing. The 2017–18 season was the first time Furyk was not fully exempt on the PGA Tour, playing the season with only past champion status. He started the 2018–19 season out of the 126–150 category. On March 17, 2019, Furyk finished second in
The Players Championship, one stroke behind
Rory McIlroy. It was a welcome result for 48-year-old Furyk, who barely qualified for the tournament and who had struggled with injury and poor play in 2017 and 2018. On May 2, 2024 it was announced that Furyk and long time caddy
Mike "Fluff" Cowan, would split amicably after 25 years. ==PGA Tour Champions (2020–present)==