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 bit of speculation is allowed. Some dress it up as a prediction, a very popular exercise in early January. The colleagues from the renowned US portal The Fried Egg have made a bold thesis when looking at the upcoming golf year: The PGA of America offers Tiger Woods the position of captain for the 2027 Ryder Cup trip to 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 a continental competition on home turf: this would probably surpass all fan hype experienced in golf so far in the USA.
Anyway, it would be Woods’ second decline after already turning down the 2025 event at Bethpage Black, which led to the appointment of Keegan Bradley, who since the loss at Medinah 2012 and the non-consideration for Rome 2023 carries a third trauma. However, it is an understandable decision by Tiger. Why should he give up home advantage – although statistically it barely exists – and risk a sporting defeat on the road in a leadership role with slim chances? The US last won in Europe in 1993 at The Belfry in England.
Moreover, his counterpart at Adare Manor could possibly be Luke Donald, who has already expertly outplayed the US skipper twice. This again presents the PGA of America with a dilemma, as hardly anyone else is suitable for the team captain job. One hopes Keegan Bradley won’t be asked again – Medinah loser Davis Love III did get a second chance in 2016, again on home soil. Well, speculation is allowed… The \”Fried Egg\” team also thought of the following: