Azinger has no worries over Furyk

United States captain Paul Azinger said he was confident Jim Furyk would be able to fully participate in this weekend's Ryder Cup, despite his wife being hospitalised on Thursday.

Furyk, one of the American team's most senior members with five appearances to date, was forced to cut short his final practice round at Valhalla when wife Tabitha was taken to a local hospital complaining of upper back and neck pain associated with a bulging disc.

"It's not going to be a problem at all," Azinger said. "I think she fell down last year some time and jarred her neck. It hadn't bothered her for some time but she got a lot of discomfort in her neck from the nerves with the bulging disc."

He added: "The word that I just got was that everything was fine, she was resting comfortably and Jim felt that, as he was hitting it great and he knows the golf course and he was useless for the next five holes, he would see her, give her a big hug and then come back for the opening ceremonies.

"I don't see that as a big deal, everything's fine."