Tiger Woods Says Nothing Is ‘Confirmed’ About Team USA 2025 Ryder Cup Captaincy

Julia StumbaughMay 14, 2024

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Tiger Woods says he has not yet “confirmed” his captaincy of Team USA for the 2025 Ryder Cup.

“We’re still talking. There’s nothing that has been confirmed yet,” Woods said Tuesday, per Rex Hoggard of NBC Sports. “We’re still working on what that might look like. Also whether or not I have the time to do it.

“I’m dedicating so much time to what we’re doing with the PGA Tour, I don’t want to not fulfill the role of the captaincy if I can’t do it. What that all entails and representing Team USA and the commitments to the PGA of America, the players, and the fans and as I said, all of Team USA. I need to feel that I can give the amount of time that it deserves.”

Gold Digest’s Stephen Hennessey reported last month that the team captaincy is “Woods’ position to take if he wants it.”

The next edition of the biennial competition is set to take place in September 2025 in New York.

Previous U.S. Ryder Cup captains have been named over a year in advance. Zach Johnson was designated captain of the 2023 event in February 2022.

Woods captained the United States during the 2019 Presidents Cup in Melbourne, Australia. He was the second captain in competition history to also play in the tournament.

He also served as a U.S. vice captain for the 2018 Ryder Cup in Paris, France and has made eight Ryder Cup appearances as a player.

Two-time Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III said last fall that Woods was “the next logical choice” for team captain, but that the position was time-consuming, per Christopher Powers for Golf Digest.

“I remember a time when Tiger and Phil watched me do it and went, ‘Holy cow, I don’t know if we want to put that much time and effort into it,'” Love said in October, per Powers. “It takes a lot out of you. Hopefully, we can talk [Woods] into it.”

Woods indicated he isn’t certain if he can commit that “time and effort” due to his position as vice chair of the board of directors leading PGA Tour Enterprises. The new for-profit organization is directing ongoing talks regarding the future of the Tour’s collaboration with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, which finances former rival LIV Golf.

The 15-time major champion has also faced playing limitations after undergoing a series of surgeries following a car accident in 2021, although he will compete in the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla with a tee time set for 8:04 a.m. ET Thursday.