US Presidents Cup captain Jim Furyk has a questionable history of not being in Montreal Golf News and Tour Information

It's no secret how much the Presidents Cup, which was created 30 years ago, has been distorted. Apart from a win in Australia in 1998 and a draw in South Africa in 2003, internationals have been difficult, although the last two were overseas, in South Korea in 2015 and in Melbourne, Australia in 2019. Team USA.

Seven-time Presidents Cup captain Jim Furyk understands the importance of competitive matches. But this insight comes with a caveat.

“I think 30 to 40 years from now, if there's some kind of parity, that would be great,” he said in a video press conference on Wednesday.

In other words, he doesn't want to join Jack Nicklaus as the only American captain to lose the biennial match. Additionally, Furyk is reluctant to join the Golden Bears after losing the Presidents Cup and Ryder Cup (1987) as captain, although Nicklaus' captaincy record includes a 1983 Ryder Cup win and two wins and that tie. In the Presidents Cup in '03.

So, yes, Furyk, whose 2018 Ryder Cup team lost to Europe in Paris, doesn't want to see the international team end its losing streak on his watch.

The 15th Presidents Cup begins on September 26 at the Royal Montreal Golf Club in Quebec. Royal Montreal was also the site of the 2007 Presidents Cup, where the American team, captained by Nicklaus for the last time, won 19½-14½. Furyk went 3-2-0 in that Presidents Cup, and former Masters champion Mike Weir, who captains the international team this year, was 3-1-1 as one of Gary Player's captain choices, including Sunday's win over Tiger Woods.

“I will say this, the international team did a good job,” Furyk said, referring to recent editions of the matches. “No slight to any of the former captains, but I think Ernie (Els) has set the ball rolling by trying to bring different corners of the world together for a week every two years (in 2019).

“The match was close and the fight took place. I know they're hungry.”

Furyk, a two-time Canadian Open winner in 2006 and 2007, can't imagine how tough the task will be this fall, although he hopes his team will be hungry after another disappointing Ryder Cup loss last year. Rome, where he served as vice captain under Zach Johnson. Then there's the matter of having to “fight” Weir, which he calls “Canada's Tiger Woods.”

There's pride in this Presidents Cup.

“We know the record and they want to change that and you know, the U.S. doesn't want to let it go, right?” Furik said. “We like the roll we're on and we want to keep that momentum rolling.”