United States Presidents Cup captain Jim Furyk recently responded to golf journalist Adam Schupak for his suggestion that the International team also needs to win to energize the matches. The US team has been dominant at the Presidents Cup over the last few editions and are yet to lose a match since 2005.
Schupak recalled joining some of the American Presidents Cup members, including Wyndham Clark and Jim Furyk, on the eve of last week’s Procore Championship, and wrote about it in his column for Golf Week. They had a discussion about the upcoming team event, where Schupak put forward his notion and talked about the International team. He said:
“Nothing personal. But the competition really needs an International Team victory to energize the matches.”
Joining the conversation, Jim Furyk shared a story of a high-ranking PGA Tour official from the 2017 Presidents Cup without revealing the name and stated how offended he was when the person tried to wish him luck for the prestigious team event. But Furyk was offended by the way the person had said it.
“Just the way he said it, it was so back-handed. I said, ‘You know, I’m not exactly sure I know what that’s supposed to mean,’ ” Furyk said (via Golf Week).
The US captain further talked about the hard work the team and players put in to win their matches and said that he was very offended by Schupak’s question.
“Do you know how hard, how many hours, the captains work to try to win these matches?” Furyk said. Do you know how hard and how much effort the players, how hard they take it when they don’t play well? I’ve seen grown men cry in the locker room because they’re upset and I’ve seen how much it means to them when they do play well. I know what you’re saying, but do you know how offended I am?”
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The 54-year-old then told Schupak:
“So it’s not like I’m killing you right now, but Fk you. Go fk yourself. You can quote me on that one.”
The upcoming edition of the tournament that started in 1994, will take place from September 24 to 29.
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