Jim Furyk left furious after Presidents Cup question - "I do actually take offense at that"

Jim Furyk, who volition skipper the USA successful the Presidents Cup adjacent week, has launched into an X-rated rant astatine a newsman aft being offended by a question implicit the tournament's reputation

Jim Furyk fiercely defended the Presidents Cup aft disapproval questioning its entreaty should the International Team neglect to unafraid a win.

During a caller barbecue for the U. S. squad earlier the Procore Championship, newsman Adam Schupak made a remark hinting that a triumph by the underdog International Team mightiness beryllium indispensable for the tournaments aboriginal vitality; a remark which prompted an impassioned effect from the 2003 US Open champion.

Furyk is intelligibly taking his enactment relation seriously, and his committedness to the tourney was evident arsenic helium snapped backmost astatine the precise notion, stating: "Really? You're American. You've got to understand, I bash really instrumentality discourtesy astatine that. I don't hatred you but it's a beauteous s----- happening to say."

Despite attempts by Schupak to clarify his stance, explaining to Furyk "it's thing personal," and that his position was from a storytelling angle, "The contention truly needs an International Team triumph to energize the matches," the hostility betwixt the golfer's pridefulness and the journalist's viewpoint was palpable.

Furyk's vexation was palpable arsenic helium recounted an incidental that near him feeling slighted implicit a remark astir the President Cup's standing. "I'll permission you with this. I was successful New York helping retired Steve Stricker astatine Liberty National and a precise high-ranking authoritative astatine the PGA Tour said, 'Good luck, this week,'" the U.S. skipper shared.

"Just the mode helium said it, it was truthful back-handed. I said, 'You know, I'm not precisely definite I cognize what that's accidental to mean,'" Furyk continued, expressing his irritation. He past disclosed however the PGA Tour enforcement suggested that a triumph for the International Team "would truly assistance the event."

Furyk didn't clasp backmost successful his fervent reply. "Did you ever play thing successful your full beingness arsenic a competitor? Because I'd alternatively you not adjacent accidental bully luck than accidental it and not adjacent mean it. Do you cognize however hard, however galore hours, the captains enactment to effort to triumph these matches? ".

"Do you cognize however hard and however overmuch effort the players, however hard they instrumentality it erstwhile they don't play well? I've seen grown men outcry successful the locker country due to the fact that they're upset and I've seen however overmuch it means to them erstwhile they bash play well."

"I cognize what you're saying, but bash you cognize however offended I am? " Furyk declared. Dismissing immoderate accidental of accepting an apology, the 54 twelvemonth aged rebuked sharply. No, you should cognize better. So it's not similar I'm sidesplitting you close now, but f--- you. Go f--- yourself. You tin punctuation maine connected that one."