Jim Furyk's hilarious response to getting Patrick Cantlay to wear a cap - "Finally had one that fit"

After Patrick Cantlay made waves for not wearing a hat in the 2023 Ryder Cup, captain Jim Furyk is thrilled that the Team USA cap for the Presidents Cup is on his player's head. Despite rumors of the player ditching the cap because he was not being paid or as a form of protest, Cantlay insisted that it was because the hat didn't fit. Now, he found one that does.

In his pre-tournament press conference, Furyk was asked how he convinced the golfer to actually wear a hat this time. He joked that Cantlay's head needed a special kind of hat, but that they managed to find one.

Furyk said (via ASAP Sports):

"We finally had one that had that odd of a shape that it would actually fit on there."

He added:

"He wore a hat two years ago in Charlotte. We had the same vendors on the PGA TOUR, and he seems to be comfortable. If my guys are comfortable in hats, they can wear hats. If they're not comfortable in hats, it doesn't matter."

Furyk went on to say that it usually doesn't turn out so well for him when he wears a hat:

"My head will turn purple after a day, but I want them comfortable. I think we would both say that the clothing this year, my guys love it."

Cantlay seems poised to shed the narrative about the hat and will try to earn a victory for the Americans. That, in both senses, would be a reversal from the 2023 Ryder Cup where he went hatless and the Europeans soundly defeated Team USA.

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Jim Furyk picks Jack Nicklaus as his idol ahead of Presidents Cup

Jim Furyk is going to try and lead his American golfers, which includes Scottie Scheffler, Patrick Cantlay, Wyndham Clark, Max Homa, and eight others to victory this week. He will serve as a bit of a role model. Ahead of the Presidents Cup, Furyk was asked whom he would consider his own role model.

Jim Furyk named his idol ahead of the Presidents Cup (Imagn)

He quickly named Jack Nicklaus, speculating that Mike Weir, the International Team captain, might have the same answer. He said (via ASAP Sports):

"I played for him in three Presidents Cups. I saw how he integrated himself into the team and how it was amazing for us, for a much, much younger generation to get to know a legend, and the more he got to know us, the more he really got involved with the teams and the pairings and how we went about with our day-to-day preparations."

Jim Furyk called Nicklaus "arguably the greatest player of all time" and noted that spending time with him and his wife was supremely advantageous. He added that "to be able to bridge those gaps and those generations" is "wonderful" and he hopes to be like Nicklaus in that.