Speculations about Tiger as team captain, Scheffler injury-free, fun with DP World Tour and the Kordas. The Back Nine.
At the start of the year, a little speculation is allowed. Some disguise it as a prediction, a very popular discipline in early January. The colleagues from the renowned US portal The Fried Egg boldly suggested this as they looked ahead to the upcoming golf year: The PGA of America is said to offer Tiger Woods the position of captain for the Ryder Cup 2027 in Ireland, but the 50-year-old politely declines. He prefers to lead the US team when they play at home. The GOAT as skipper in a continental competition on home soil would probably break all previous records of fan hype in golf in the USA.
In any case, it would be Woods’ second decline after he already turned down 2025 at Bethpage Black. This led to the appointment of Keegan Bradley, who since then has carried the third trauma after the 2012 Medinah defeat and exclusion for Rome 2023. It’s an understandable choice by Tiger. Why should he give up home advantage – although statistically almost non-existent – and risk a loss away in a command mission with poor chances? The Americans last won in Europe in 1993 at The Belfry in England.
Moreover, his opponent at Adare Manor could be Luke Donald, who has defeated the US skipper twice with full force. This again puts the PGA of America in a dilemma because hardly anyone else is available for the team captain role. Hopefully, Keegan Bradley won’t get another chance, as Davis Love III did in 2016, but that was a home game. Well, speculation is allowed… The ‘Fried Egg’ team also mentioned:
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McIlroy and teammate Keegan: It’s complicated
Strange situation: Boston Common won their first match in the Tomorrow’s Golf League, largely thanks to putts by Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama substitute Michael Thorbjornsen. Last Friday at the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, the ‘Frogs’ faced Los Angeles and a tricky internal team issue.