Speculations about Tiger as captain, Scheffler safe this time, fun with DP World Tour and the Kordas. The Back Nine.
At the beginning of the year, a bit of speculation is allowed. Some disguise it as prediction, a popular discipline in early January. The colleagues from the renowned US portal The Fried Egg boldly hypothesize the following for the upcoming golf year: The PGA of America offers Tiger Woods the role of captain for the Ryder Cup 2027 trip to Ireland, but the 50-year-old politely declines. He prefers to lead the US team when it is a home game. The GOAT as skipper in a continental competition on home soil: This would likely break all previous fan hype records in US golf.
Anyway, this would be Woods’ second refusal after already declining for 2025 at Bethpage Black. That led to the appointment of Keegan Bradley, who since the 2012 Medinah defeat and the omission for Rome 2023 carries a third trauma. However, Tigers’ decision is understandable. Why should he give up the home advantage—even though statistically it doesn’t truly exist—and risk losing his sporting reputation away where chances are slim? The last American win in Europe was in 1993 at The Belfry, England.
Moreover, his opponent in Adare Manor could be Luke Donald, who has outplayed US skippers twice to great effect. This again places PGA of America in a dilemma, as hardly anyone else seems suitable for the captain role. Let’s hope they don’t turn again to Keegan Bradley—likewise Davis Love III was given a second chance in 2016 at home after Medinah. Well, a bit of speculation is allowed… The Fried Egg team also suggested:
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McIlroy and teammate Keegan: It’s complicated
An odd situation: Boston Common won a match in the Tomorrow’s Golf League for the first time, helped notably by putts from Michael Thorbjornsen, substituting Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama. Yet last Friday at SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, the “Frogs” faced Los Angeles and dealt with a tense internal team relationship. Rory McIlroy and teammate Keegan Bradley