Tiger Woods Stuns Golf World with Major 2025 Ryder Cup Announcement

Some news that golf fans likely weren't expecting came out on Monday morning.

According to a report from James Corrigan at The Telegraph, Woods is expected to turn down the captaincy at the 2025 Ryder Cup for Team USA.

There was an expectation that Woods, arguably the greatest golfer in the history of the game, would take over for Zach Johnson and lead the US into one of the most prestigious events in all of sports.

Instead, it appears that Woods is politely declining, citing "his time-exhaustive involvement in the peace negotiations between the PGA Tour and the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, which bankrolled LIV," per the report.

The captaincy is now projected to be decided between Stewart Cink, Fred Couples, and Davis Love III with Woods out of the running.

According to Corrigan, there was a belief that Woods was willing to take on the captaincy role if there was an agreement that some of the time constraints were reduced, but no such agreement was made, leading him to pass.

The 2025 Ryder Cup will take place back on American soil at Bethpage Black, just outside of Manhattan. The 2023 Ryder Cup, which was won by Team Europe in dominant fashion, took place at Marco Simone Golf Club in Rome, Italy.

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