Tiger Woods 'rejects offer' to captain Team USA at 2025 Ryder Cup forcing alternative plans

Tiger Woods has turned down the chance to captain the United States at next year's Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black.

Woods emerged as the favourite to take on the role with Team USA, but per The Telegraph, the 82-time PGA Tour winner has rejected the chance to lead his nation. On Monday it was revealed that the PGA of America would hold a press conference to announce their captain for 2025 a day later.

It was expected that the man who would be name by PGA of America boss Seth Waugh would be 15-time major champion Woods, but the 48-year-old will not be in charge come next September.

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The Telegraph claims that Woods had requested that the workload of the captain was reduced in the build-up in order to help him to take on the role, but an agreement between the two parties was not reached. Instead the likes of Fred Couples, Davis Love III and Stewart Cink are said to be those in with a chance of leading their nation.

Woods had flirted with the idea of taking on the role at this year's Masters, admitting he would sit down with Waugh to reach a decision in the aftermath of the opening major championship of the year. It's something that Seth and I are going to sit back and talk about it after this event," he said in April.

"I said I'm going to be busy for a couple weeks, so let me focus on getting through this week and hopefully getting another jacket, and then we can sit back and talk about it next week." The topic was then brought up a month later, where Woods returned for the PGA Championship.

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Speaking at Valhalla, the four-time champion hinted about the workload issue amid his off-course work helping the PGA Tour's negotiations with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia. "We're still talking," he said when quizzed on the captaincy in May.

"There's nothing that has been confirmed yet. We're still working on what that might look like. Also whether or not I have the time to do it. I'm dedicating my so much time to what we're doing with the PGA Tour, I don't want to not fulfil 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." Team USA will be hoping to bounce back on home soil next year, having fallen to defeat against their European rivals at the 2023 Ryder Cup in Italy last Autumn.