Tiger Woods 'REJECTS USA Ryder Cup captaincy' for next year's New York showdown... with appointment set to be unveiled TOMORROW

Tiger Woods has turned down nan USA Ryder Cup captaincy for adjacent year's tourney astatine Bethpage Black, according to a report. 

It was revealed Monday greeting that nan PGA of America would denote nan Team USA skipper for nan 2025 Ryder Cup astatine noon ET Tuesday, starring galore fans to cling to dream that nan 15-time awesome victor had yet accepted nan position. 

However, their hopes were swiftly dashed arsenic nan 48-year-old has rejected nan opportunity to lead nan Americans successful adjacent year's conflict pinch Europe successful New York, according to The Telegraph. 

Woods is believed to person been consenting to judge nan domiciled if nan PGA of America scaled backmost nan modular captaincy commitments up of nan tournament. 

However, nan play legend, who antecedently captained nan US successful nan 2019 Presidents Cup, and nan statement seemingly grounded to scope a compromise. 

Their European counterparts confirmed successful December that Luke Donald would beryllium returning to his position aft starring Rory McIlroy and co. to a 16.5-11.5 triumph successful Rome past year. 

And pinch conscionable complete a twelvemonth until nan US faces disconnected against Europe erstwhile again, nan PGA of America has reportedly decided to move elsewhere. 

Fred Couples, Stewart Cink and Davis Love III are believed to beryllium successful contention to win Zach Johnson. 

Woods antecedently formed uncertainty complete his willingness to judge nan domiciled successful May, citing his engagement successful golf's slow-burning merger negotiations arsenic a obstruction to being capable to perpetrate to adjacent year's conflict pinch Europe successful New York.

He has been beforehand and halfway of nan drawn-out merger negotiations betwixt nan PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, and sounded cautious astir adding nan duties of nan Ryder Cup captaincy to his load erstwhile asked up of nan PGA Championship successful May. 

‘I’m dedicating truthful overmuch clip to what we’re doing pinch nan PGA Tour, I don’t want to not fulfil nan domiciled of nan captaincy if I can’t do it,' Woods said astatine Valhalla. 

‘What that each entails, representing squad USA and nan commitments to nan PGA of America, nan players and nan fans, I request to consciousness that I tin springiness nan magnitude of clip that it deserves.’ 

CEO of PGA of American Seth Waugh said astatine nan clip that nan committee respected Woods' dedication to his commitments arsenic he opened up connected nan extended talks pinch nan golfing icon.  

'We person had conversations for months,' Waugh said up of nan PGA Championship.

'We person besides had conversations astatine nan Ryder Cup committee, aggregate conversations astir imaginable captains and a database of imaginable captains. You know, Tiger, has been beautiful clear.

'I deliberation we each cognize that he tin beryllium beautiful focused, and that's 1 of his galore superpowers - that expertise to passageway and decide.

'And he doesn't do thing that he's not afloat committed to, and we wholly respect that. And he's sewage a batch connected his sheet correct now. He's very active, obviously, connected nan PGA Tour broadside of things (in their negotiations pinch nan Saudi Arabian backers of nan LIV circuit).'

2009 Open champion Cink is said to beryllium nan frontrunner but pinch nan showdown to play retired successful beforehand of an infamous raucous New York crowd, nan PGA of America could opt for a bigger container agency sanction to unrecorded up to nan billing. 

Couples has been winning skipper for 3 US Presidents Cup teams and has been a Ryder Cup vice-captain 3 times but has yet to skipper a Ryder Cup team. 

Meanwhile, Love III has nan astir caller acquisition retired of nan trio of contenders, having led nan USA to triumph complete Trevor Immelman's world squad successful nan 2022 Presidents Cup astatine Quail Hollow.  

More to follow.