Ryder Cup: US team really doesn't need player Tiger Woods anymore

Still in rehabilitation since his terrible car accident last February, Tiger Woods was not present on the shores of Lake Michigan to encourage the impressive Team US. The new American wave (29 years old on average) swept over old Europe (35 years old on average). The six rookies out of the 12 players on Steve Stricker's squad all shone. Like veterans. Like Collin Morikawa, 24. Without complexes. Would the young guard have also been released with his idol by his side as a teammate? Nothing is less sure. At a time when the career of the living legend of golf, 15 Grand Slams on the clock, is 45 years old more than ever punctuated by a question mark, it is clear thatshe will have a hard time reintegrating this new dream team, if luckily for her many fans, she succeeds in a new comeback of which she has the secret. Which remains a huge challenge. Woods, who has already undergone four back operations before his accident in February, this time almost lost his legs ... For this 2020 Ryder Cup contested in 2021, Tiger Woods was selected as vice-captain, before being put on the gap through his rehabilitation.deviation by his rehabilitation.deviation by his rehabilitation.

smiled his friend Justin Thomas, referring to the Tiger's absence.

Captain of the American team in 2023?

Woods had been a victorious captain in the Presidents Cup 2019, at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club against the internationals. The Ryder Cup captaincy is promised to him. And this, perhaps, as early as 2023 in Italy. In the

of things:

, assured Jim Furyk the American captain. in 2018 at the Golf National.

Cup,

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Strong in singles, catastrophic in doubles ...

could be a better captain than a player in this event. Not very difficult, considering its statistics unworthy of its status. The man with 82 victories on the PGA Tour has thus won only one trophy (1999) in eight participations… If he has only been beaten twice in singles, the Tiger has never been a good one. double partner. Sweet understatement. In 29 games (14 in foursomes, 15 in fourballs), he won only 9 times, for 19 defeats and 1 draw. The various successive captains have never succeeded in finding an ideal partner for him. Three times largely beaten in the doubles of the 42nd edition in France, three years ago, with two defeats in fourballs associated with Patrick Reed (3 & 1 then 4 & 3 against Molinari-Fleetwood),a defeat in foursome in the company of Bryson DeChambeau (5 & 4 against Molinari-Fleetwood), Tiger Woods, mentally and physically at the end of the line after his incredible success in the Tour Championship, had once again shown his limits in the Ryder Cup. In Paris, as often in this event, he had missed this collective dimension in the jersey of the American team. Even if this immense champion should never be buried, we now imagine him more in the skin of a Ryder Cup captain than that of a player, whose history with the most beautiful of golf team competitions should stay upset forever.had once again shown his limits in the Ryder Cup. In Paris, as often in this event, he had missed this collective dimension in the jersey of the American team. Even if this immense champion should never be buried, we now imagine him more in the skin of a Ryder Cup captain than that of a player, whose history with the most beautiful of golf team competitions should stay upset forever.had once again shown his limits in the Ryder Cup. In Paris, as often in this event, he had missed this collective dimension in the jersey of the American team. Even if this immense champion should never be buried, we now imagine him more in the skin of a Ryder Cup captain than that of a player, whose history with the most beautiful of golf team competitions should stay upset forever.history with the finest of golf team competitions should remain forever thwarted.history with the finest of golf team competitions should remain forever thwarted.