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 prediction, a popular discipline in early January. The colleagues from the renowned US portal The Fried Egg presented a bold theory looking ahead to the upcoming golf year: The PGA of America offers Tiger Woods the position of captain for the Ryder Cup expedition in 2027 in Ireland, but the 50-year-old politely declines. He prefers to lead the US team when there’s a home game. The GOAT as skipper in a continental competition on home soil: this would probably surpass all fan hype experienced so far in US golf.
Anyway, it would be Woods’ second refusal, after turning down 2025 at Bethpage Black. This led to the appointment of Keegan Bradley, who since then has carried the third trauma after the 2012 Medinah defeat and being overlooked for Rome 2023. It would be a understandable decision from Tiger. Why give up the home advantage – although statistically it practically doesn’t exist – and risk tarnishing his sporting reputation away, especially since chances on foreign soil are not good. The last time Americans won in Europe was in 1993 at The Belfry, England.
Moreover, his opponent at Adare Manor might be Luke Donald, who has outsmarted the US captain twice thoroughly. This again puts the PGA of America in a dilemma as hardly anyone else is suitable for the captaincy role. Not wanting Keegan Bradley to take the job again – Medinah loser Davis Love III got a second chance in 2016, again on home turf. Well, a bit of speculation is allowed… What else did the ‘Fried Egg’ team come up with:
McIlroy and teammate Keegan: It’s complicated
Strange situation: Boston Common won a match in the Tomorrow’s Golf League for the first time, thanks in part to putts from substitute Michael Thorbjornsen. But last Friday at the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, the ‘Frogs’ not only battled Los Angeles but also faced a tense internal team situation. Rory McIlroy and teammate Keegan Bradley had to keep a good face during the indoor spectacle, although since the Bethpage