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 prediction, a popular discipline in early January. The colleagues from the renowned US portal The Fried Egg have boldly proposed for the upcoming golf year: The PGA of America offers Tiger Woods the role of captain for the Ryder Cup 2027 trip to Ireland, but the 50-year-old politely declines. He prefers to lead the US team when a home game is on. The GOAT as skipper for the continental competition on home turf: that would likely explode every fan hype the US has ever seen in golf.
Anyway, it would be Woods’ second refusal after he already declined for 2025 at Bethpage Black. This led to the appointment of Keegan Bradley, who since the 2012 Medinah defeat and exclusion for Rome 2023 carries his third trauma. It would be an understandable decision by Tiger. Why give up home advantage — although statistically it doesn’t truly exist — and risk a sporting stain on an away mission whose chances are not good? The last US win in Europe was back in 1993 at The Belfry in England.
Moreover, his opponent in Adare Manor might be Luke Donald, who has outplayed the US skipper twice before. This again puts the PGA of America in a dilemma as hardly anyone else seems suited for the captain job. Hopefully, they won’t call Keegan Bradley again — Medinah loser Davis Love III got a second chance in 2016, and it was at home. Well, speculation is allowed…
McIlroy and teammate Keegan: It’s complicated
Strange situation: Boston Common recently won their first match in the Tomorrow’s Golf League, largely thanks to Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama replacement Michael Thorbjornsen’s putting. However, last Friday at the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, the \”Frogs\” faced not only their match against Los Angeles but also a tense internal team situation. Rory McIlroy and teammate Keegan Bradley had to put on a united front despite a complicated relationship since the Ryder Cup at Bethpage.
Specifically, since McIlroy was insulted and attacked by some US fans in a partly