Speculations about Tiger as team captain, Scheffler safe this time, fun with the DP World Tour and the Kordas. The Back Nine.
At the start of the year, a little speculation is allowed. Some camouflage it as a prediction, a very popular discipline in early January. So, colleagues from the renowned US portal The Fried Egg made the bold thesis when looking at 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 it’s a home game. The GOAT as skipper in the continental competition on home soil: This would probably explode all fan hype ever experienced in golf in the USA.
Anyway, it would be Woods’ second refusal, after already declining 2025 at Bethpage Black. This notably led to Keegan Bradley being appointed, who since the 2012 Medinah defeat and the omission for Rome 2023 carries a third trauma. However, it would be an understandable decision by Tiger. Why should he give up home advantage – although statistically de facto non-existent – and risk tarnishing his sporting record in an away command mission with uncertain 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 famously outplayed the US skipper twice. This places PGA of America once more in a dilemma, as few others are available for the captain’s job. Not that Keegan Bradley might get another shot – Medinah loser Davis Love III was given a second chance in 2016, but that was at home. Well, some speculation is allowed… The \”Fried Egg\” team also had other ideas:
McIlroy and teammate Keegan: It’s complicated
An odd situation: Boston Common has won a match in Tomorrow’s Golf League for the first time. This was partly due to putts from Michael Thorbjornsen, substitute for Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama. But last Friday at the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, the \”Frogs\” not only faced Los Angeles but also an internal team conflict. Rory McIlroy and teammate Keegan Bradley had to make the best of