Jim Furyk Reiterates ‘Go F— Yourself’ Stance to U.S. Losing President’s Cup Being Good for the Game

Jim Furyk does not care if you think the United States losing the President’s Cup is good for the game. If you tell him that as an American, he’s not going to give you a response that is super respectful.

During an interview with Golfweek’s Adam Schupak, who told Furyk during a recent one-on-one interview before last weekend’s Procore Championship that it would be good for the U.S. to lose this one “for the sake of the future of the biennial competition,” Schupak found out exactly what that meant.

For context, the President’s Cup has been about as close as the first few weeks of college football. The Top 10 teams in the country don’t have too much of a test. #4 Alabama beat Western Kentucky 63-0, and #1 Georgia beat Tennessee Tech 48-3.

The Americans have dominated the President’s Cup in the same fashion. They’ve dropped one of the last sixteen matchups, drawing one other, and winning fourteen of them.

Furyk does not care. It’s not about what’s good for the game or the competition. It’s about winning. When Schupak mentioned the Americans losing would be a good thing, Furyk replied:

“Really? You’re American. I do actually take offense at that. I don’t hate you but it’s a pretty shi–y thing to say.”

He brought up a story from the 2017 tournament, where he was with Steve Stricker and a “high-ranking PGA TOUR official, who mentioned the same sort of sentiment, which pissed Furyk off.

The official told Furyk “Good luck this week,” but it wasn’t genuine:

“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. Did you ever play anything in your entire life as a competitor? Because I’d rather you not even say good luck than say it and not even mean it. Do you know how hard, how many hours, the captains work to try to win these matches? 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? He said, ‘Well, I’m sorry.’ I said, ‘No, you should know better.’“

Then, Fuyrk truly dropped the line on Schupak:

“So it’s not like I’m killing you right now, but F–k you. Go f–k yourself. You can quote me on that one.”

Schupak said it was the most firey he’s ever seen Furyk, who is usually even-keeled and relatively emotionless.

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