Speculations about Tiger as captain, Scheffler safe from holiday mishaps, fun with the 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 at the renowned US portal The Fried Egg put forward the bold thesis for the upcoming golf year: The PGA of America offers Tiger Woods the role of captain for the Ryder Cup expedition in 2027 in Ireland, but the 50-year-old politely declines. He prefers to lead the US team when it’s a home game. The GOAT as skipper in the continental competition on home soil: That would probably exceed anything the US has seen in fan hype in golf so far.
Anyway: It would be Woods’ second refusal, after already declining in 2025 at Bethpage Black. This led to Keegan Bradley‘s appointment, who since then has carried the third trauma after the 2012 Medinah defeat and not being considered for Rome 2023. However, this would be a sensible decision for Tiger. Why should he give up the home advantage – even if statistically it practically does not exist – and risk ruining his sporting reputation in an away command operation, where chances are not good at all? The Americans last won in Europe in 1993 at The Belfry in England.
Especially since his opponent at Adare Manor could possibly be Luke Donald, who has already outplayed the US skipper twice to perfection. This again puts the PGA of America in a dilemma as hardly anyone else offers themselves for the captain job. Not that in the end Keegan Bradley might get another shot – Medinah loser Davis Love III notably had a second chance, but in 2016 and at home. Well, one can indulge in a bit of speculation… What the \”Fried Egg\” folks also came up with:
McIlroy and colleague Keegan: It’s complicated
A strange constellation: Boston Common has just won a match for the first time in the Tomorrow’s Golf League, thanks in no small part to putts from Adam Scott- and Hideki Matsuyama replacement Michael Thorbjornsen. But last Friday at the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, the “Frogs” not only faced Los Angeles but also had a tense internal team situation. Rory McIlroy and Boston Common teammate