Jim Furyk has a vision for the U.S. Ryder Cup team—and it starts long before the first tee shot in Ireland.

Though the 46th Ryder Cup at Adare Manor is still 16 months away, the newly reappointed U.S. captain is already hard at work reshaping how his roster will be built. Furyk, who previously led the team in Paris in 2018, addressed the media Wednesday at the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club, hinting at major changes to the player qualifying process.

"Everything's working off money. The purses are so out of whack," Furyk said. "The role of money in golf and the tour has changed so much in the last five years. We really need to take a look at a fair assessment of how to identify some simulations."

This isn't the first time the U.S. qualifying system has been overhauled. In 2008, Paul Azinger shifted the points structure to be based on earnings, moving away from the old model that awarded points for top-10 finishes. He also expanded captain's picks from two to four players—a move inspired by Jack Nicklaus's lobbying after the Americans' first home loss in 1987 at Muirfield Village. Nicklaus's team had been composed of the top 10 in points (via top-10 finishes) plus the winners of the U.S. Open and PGA Championship.

Azinger's reasoning was straightforward: "Only two things make guys choke—money and prestige." By tying qualifying to earnings, he argued, his automatic qualifiers were players who had already proven they could perform under pressure.

But times have changed. Money is no longer the reliable pressure gauge it once was. With 71 players already surpassing $1 million in earnings on the PGA Tour this year alone, and purses varying wildly between majors, signature events, and regular tournaments, a straight cash-to-points system has lost its edge.

In recent Ryder Cup cycles, majors from off-years have still counted toward team standings. That may continue, even though two of this year's four majors will be completed by the end of this weekend. Furyk's challenge is clear: find a new way to identify the players who thrive when it matters most, long before the matches in Ireland begin.