Jim Furyk on Sunday after the U.S. gained the Presidents Cup.
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Victory secured and fewer necessary questions addressed, the U.S. facet was nearing the tip of its winner’s press convention Sunday on the Presidents Cup when anybody who was keen to reply was requested about occasion plans —and Tony Finau answered this fashion:
“Within the clever phrases of Travis Kelce,” he began, referring to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish …
“You bought to combat …
“To your proper …
“To occasion,” Finau shouted, referencing Kelce’s line in February on the Tremendous Bowl (which referenced the Beastie Boys).
Solely there was a priority:
How lengthy might they combat? The bus trip from Royal Montreal to the crew lodge was some 45 minutes, Kevin Kisner stated. Vibes could be misplaced someplace alongside the Montreal streets. However catastrophe, together with sobriety, was averted.
A DJ performed, and Jim Furyk freestyled to Eminem.
Significantly. Right here’s the story as instructed by Kisner, one of many U.S. vice captains, on the current “The Smylie Present” podcast (which you’ll be able to take heed to in full right here). The present’s host, Smylie Kaufman, additionally an analyst on NBC’s broadcast of the Presidents Cup, had requested Kisner for celebration element, and it began this forwards and backwards:
“Certainly one of my favourite components of the celebration,” Kisner stated on the podcast, “is you clearly get again to the crew room on the course, everyone’s partying, elevating cane, dancing, music, however then it’s a must to pack all of your stuff up, get on a bus to get again to the lodge the place the large occasion’s going to be. However the bus drive is sort of a 45-minute drive. So that you’re form of frightened, like, man …”
Requested Kaufman: “Is there a toilet?”
Answered Kisner: “There’s a toilet, however you’re additionally frightened that the vibes are going to go down, proper? We acquired to sit down on a bus? Properly, if wherever was the most important occasion, it was the bus, and it was unimaginable as a result of we mainly had a DJ on the entrance of the bus, we’re taking part in music full blast, we acquired police escorts, and on the very finish, Jim, we let Jim — everyone will get to select a music, proper, and then you definately rise up and sing it.
“On the finish, Jim Furyk picks ‘Lose Your self’ by Eminem, places his hood up and dances freestyle down the aisle and high-fives each individual on the bus as we pull into the lodge.”
Mentioned Kaufman: “That’s epic. … I believe nothing else must be stated. …
“‘Lose Your self’ by Jim Furyk, boy, do I have to see that music video, with the hood up from Jim.”
Certainly.
