NORTON — Jim Furyk will gladly discuss the challenges of qualifying for another FedEx Cup playoff tournament. As long as the talk continues, so does his PGA Tour season.

At The Barclays last week, Furyk was told he needed to finish 60th or better to qualify for the second playoff event, the Deutsche Bank Championship — something he acknowledged he wasn’t even aware of until the middle of the tournament (he tied for 41st). This weekend at TPC Boston, making the field for next week’s BMW Championship in Carmel, Ind., is the focus.

“It’s always something in this game,’’ Furyk said Friday after finishing his opening round at Deutsche Bank with a 4-under-par 67. “You’re always trying to make a cut, you’re always trying to win a tournament. It’s always something.

“We get used it. If I don’t play well, the season’s over. If I do play well, I get a chance, an opportunity again next week, and we’ll be having the same discussion next week about the Tour Championship.

“I’d like to extend it to next week. I’d like to have that conversation again.’’

Sidelined for three months earlier this year after undergoing surgery on his left wrist, the 46-year-old Furyk shot a 58 at the Travelers Championship in August, accomplishing what no one before him could accomplish in more than 1.5 million rounds of golf on the PGA Tour.

“I haven’t gotten away from it,’’ Furyk said. “It doesn’t matter where I go, every day it’s probably mentioned 150 times. So it’s been fun and I’m not sure I really quite put it into perspective yet.’’

Furyk is well aware he has to post solid scores this weekend to extend his playoff season, but he hasn’t been looking at the projections. Like last week, he knows what to aim for based on what someone told him.

“It’s easy to get caught up in [the projections] and there’s really nothing you can do but go play well,’’ Furyk said. “When you’re out on the golf course thinking about the result and worrying about putts going in and worrying about how many over/under you are, it’s difficult to play well.’’

Currently outside the top 70 to qualify for the BMW Championship, Furyk is trying to clear his mind of the numbers game and just play golf.

“I think it gets easier with the more experience you have,’’ said the 24-year Tour pro. “I’ve had myself in positions like this in the past. Sometimes you do well and climb out of them, and sometimes you don’t.’’

Ranked No. 22 in the world, Furyk birdied the first three holes Friday and made par the rest of the way on the front nine.

“Obviously it was nice to get off to the fast start,’’ he said. “Birdied the first three, hit some real good wedge shots close to the hole, gave myself some looks.’’

Furyk continued his steady round on the back nine, making par on Nos. 10 through 17. He finished with a birdie on the par-5, 530-yard 18th hole.

“Made a bunch of pars in the middle of the round, but I played solid, I hit a lot of fairways, lot of greens,’’ Furyk said. “For the most part kept the ball in front of me and gave myself some good looks. Not all of them went in but it was a good, patient round and I got myself in a good spot.

“I hit a couple putts that didn’t go — No. 17 comes to mind. A couple bad ones in there as well but overall a good, solid day.’’

Furyk also has his sights set on a spot on the US Ryder Cup team. He is one of Davis Love III’s vice captains, but also could play on the 12-man team as a captain’s pick.

The US team captains and the eight automatic qualifiers visited Gillette Stadium for a pre-Deutsche Bank event Wednesday night. Everyone on the team received a No. 1 Patriots jersey — with the exception of Furyk, who was given No. 58 to commemorate his historic round at TPC River Highlands.

He certainly didn’t mind being the outlier.

“There’s a lot of kickers on our team,’’ he joked. “Just one linebacker.’’

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