Speculation about Tiger as captain, Scheffler safe this time, 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 exercise in early January. The colleagues from the renowned US portal The Fried Egg made a bold thesis about the upcoming golf year: The PGA of America offers Tiger Woods the role of captain for the Ryder Cup excursion 2027 to Ireland, but the 50-year-old politely declines. He prefers to lead the US team when the event takes place on home soil. The GOAT as skipper at the continental competition on home turf would likely create unprecedented fan hype in the USA.
Anyway, it would be Woods’ second refusal after already turning down 2025 at Bethpage Black. This led to the appointment of Keegan Bradley, who since his 2012 Medinah defeat and exclusion for Rome 2023 carries a third trauma. However, it would be an understandable decision from Tiger. Why give up home advantage – even though statistically it is practically non-existent – and risk tarnishing his record in an away command mission with slim 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 already soundly defeated the US skipper twice. This again puts the PGA of America in a dilemma as few others are suitable candidates for the team captain role. Hopefully Keegan Bradley won’t be called upon again – Medinah loser Davis Love III did get a second chance in 2016 at home. Well, there’s room for speculation… The ‘Fried Egg’ team also came up with the following:
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McIlroy and colleague Keegan: It’s complicated
An odd situation: Boston Common won a match for the first time in the Tomorrow’s Golf League largely thanks to putts by Michael Thorbjornsen, a replacement for Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama. However, last Friday at the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, the ‘Frogs’ faced not only a duel with Los Angeles but also a tense internal team situation. Rory McIlroy and his Boston Common teammate