The 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black is set to be a high-stakes showdown where every shot matters. Known for its punishing layout, recovery play will be crucial. With Team USA’s short game historically shaky, Justin Thomas turned to Jim Furyk for chipping lessons ahead of the tournament.

Justin Thomas is known to be aggressive in his shot-making and has an impressive impact on the board in general, but his short-game results have been very inconsistent. Thomas’s Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green ranking plummeted from 12th in 2021 (.294) to 139th in 2023 (.002).

In a course like Bethpage Black with such tight fairways and rough, and high greens, this loss is high. Enter Furyk, whose career scrambling percentage of 63.22% and 14 seasons ranked in the top 25 in scrambling, provide exactly

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