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 disguise it as a forecast, a very popular discipline in early January. The colleagues from the renowned US portal The Fried Egg have boldly predicted for the upcoming golf year: The PGA of America offers Tiger Woods the role 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 for the continental competition on home soil would likely explode the fan hype in the USA like never before.
Anyway, this would be Woods’ second refusal after turning down the 2025 event at Bethpage Black. That decision led to the appointment of Keegan Bradley, who since the 2012 Medinah loss and the omission for 2023 in Rome has carried a third trauma. It’s a sensible decision by Woods: Why should he give up the home advantage – although statistically almost nonexistent – and risk tarnishing his record in a challenging away competition where chances are slim? The Americans last won in Europe in 1993 at The Belfry in England.
Moreover, his opponent at Adare Manor could possibly be Luke Donald, who has previously bested the US skipper twice. The PGA of America faces a dilemma again as few others seem suitable for team captaincy. Not that Keegan Bradley might get another chance – Medinah loser Davis Love III also got a second chance in 2016, but at home. Well, a little speculation is allowed… The \”Fried Egg\” team also considered:
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McIlroy and Keegan: It’s Complicated
Strange situation: Boston Common recently won its first match in the Tomorrow’s Golf League, thanks in part to the putting of Michael Thorbjornsen, substituting for Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama. But last Friday at the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, the \”Frogs\” faced not only the duel with Los Angeles but also a tense internal team scenario. Rory McIlroy and teammate Keegan Bradley had to put on a brave face, despite their complicated relationship since the Ryder Cup at Bethpage.
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Specifically, since McIlroy was verbally attacked by US fans in a sometimes disgusting manner. Bradley downplayed the fan behavior and hostility as merely \”very passionate.\” Allegedly, they have talked it out, according to McIlroy, but before Boston Common’s first appearance in this second TGL season, the issue resurfaced. Mc