Speculations about Tiger as 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 very popular discipline in early January. So, colleagues from the renowned US portal The Fried Egg have boldly suggested for the upcoming golf year: The PGA of America will offer Tiger Woods the role of captain for the Ryder Cup campaign in Ireland 2027, but the 50-year-old politely declines. He prefers to lead the US team when it’s a home event. The GOAT as skipper of the continental competition on home soil: This would probably break all previous golf fan hype in the US.
Anyway, it would be Woods’ second refusal, after already declining 2025 at Bethpage Black. This led to the appointment of Keegan Bradley, who since the 2012 Medinah loss and the non-selection for Rome 2023 carries a third trauma. However, it would be an understandable decision by Tiger. Why would he give up the home advantage — statistically almost non-existent — and risk a blemish on his sporting record in an away command operation, where chances are hardly good. The Americans last won in Europe in 1993 at The Belfry in England.
Moreover, his opponent in Adare Manor might be Luke Donald, who has already outplayed the US skipper twice. Thus the PGA of America faces a dilemma again, as hardly anyone else is suitable for the captain’s job. Let’s hope Keegan Bradley will not be chosen again — Medinah loser Davis Love III famously got a second chance in 2016, but that was also at home. Well, a little speculation is allowed… What the \”Fried Egg\” folks also thought about:
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