Speculation about Tiger as team captain, Scheffler safe from accidents, fun with DP World Tour and the Kordas. The Back Nine.
At the start of the year, a bit of speculation is allowed. Some disguise it as a prediction, a popular discipline in early January. The colleagues from the renowned US portal The Fried Egg boldly theorized about the upcoming golf year: The PGA of America might offer Tiger Woods the role of captain for the Ryder Cup 2027 expedition to Ireland, but the 50-year-old would kindly decline. He prefers to lead the US team when it’s a home game. The GOAT as skipper in a continental contest on home soil: this would likely surpass all previous fan hype in US golf.
Anyway, it would be Woods’ second refusal after already declining for 2025 at Bethpage Black. This led to the appointment of Keegan Bradley, who since the 2012 Medinah defeat and the omission for Rome 2023 carries the weight of a third trauma. It’s an understandable decision from the Tiger. Why give up home advantage—statistically nearly nonexistent—and risk losing the sporting honor abroad in a challenging command project? The last time Americans won in Europe was in 1993 at The Belfry, England.
Moreover, his counterpart in Adare Manor could be Luke Donald, who has already outplayed the US skipper twice according to all rules. This again puts PGA of America in a dilemma. Few others seem fit for the captain’s job. Hopefully, Keegan Bradley won’t be called again—Medinah loser Davis Love III got a second chance in 2016, again at home. Well, a little speculation is allowed… Additionally, the \”Fried Egg\” team considered: