Tiger Woods breaks his silence on Ryder Cup snub after turning down chance to captain Team USA in 2025

Tiger Woods has revealed that he turned down nan chance to skipper Team USA successful nan 2025 Ryder Cup because he does not person nan time.

But nan 15-time awesome victor insists he is unfastened to taking connected nan domiciled successful nan future. Keegan Bradley was this week named nan US skipper for nan 2025 lucifer successful New York.

'With my caller responsibilities to nan Tour and clip commitments involved, I felt for illustration I would not beryllium capable to perpetrate nan clip to Team USA and nan players required arsenic a captain,' Woods said successful a statement. 

'That does not mean I wouldn’t want to skipper a squad successful nan future. If and erstwhile I consciousness it is nan correct time, I will put my chapeau successful nan ringing for this committee to decide.'

Bradley, a daze prime for nan captaincy, was unveiled connected Tuesday. The world No 19 revealed he has told Woods that he tin beryllium arsenic progressive arsenic he wants successful adjacent year's match.

But Bradley insisted he has yet to talk to nan 48-year-old astir being a vice skipper arsenic nan USA oculus revenge for past year's drubbing successful Rome.

Woods has played successful 8 Ryder Cups, pinch his debut coming backmost successful 1997. He past appeared arsenic a subordinate successful 2018. 

The 48-year-old was a vice skipper astatine Hazeltine successful 2016 and Woods had reportedly held talks pinch nan PGA of America astir succeeding Zach Johnson adjacent September.