Speculations about Tiger as captain, Scheffler injury-free this time, 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 very popular discipline in early January. The colleagues from the renowned US portal The Fried Egg have boldly suggested for the upcoming golf year: The PGA of America will offer Tiger Woods the role of captain for the Ryder Cup 2027 excursion to Ireland, but the 50-year-old politely declines. He prefers to lead the US team when playing on home soil. The GOAT as skipper at a continental competition on his own turf: this would likely explode all previous fan hype experienced in US golf.
Anyway, it would be Woods’ second refusal after already turning down 2025 at Bethpage Black. That led to the appointment of Keegan Bradley, who since the 2012 Medinah loss and being overlooked for Rome 2023 carries a third trauma. It is a reasonable decision by Tiger. Why give up home advantage — although statistically it practically doesn’t exist — and risk his sporting reputation at an away command where chances are slim? The Americans last won in Europe in 1993 at The Belfry in England.
Moreover, his counterpart at Adare Manor might be Luke Donald, who has already outplayed the US skipper twice thoroughly. This puts the PGA of America again in a dilemma because hardly anyone else is suited for team captaincy. Hopefully, Keegan Bradley won’t get another shot — Medinah loser Davis Love III had a second chance in 2016, but on home soil. Well, speculation is allowed… Among other ideas from ‘The Fried Egg’ are:
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McIlroy and Keegan: It’s Complicated
An awkward situation unfolded as Boston Common won a match in the Tomorrow’s Golf League for the first time, largely thanks to putts from Michael Thorbjornsen substituting for Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama. Last Friday at the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, the ‘Frogs’ not only played Los Angeles but faced an internal team tension: