Tiger Woods at 2023 Ryder Cup as a player?

Tiger Woods is expected to be in Rome alongside Steve Stricker, and certainly Davis Love III to support Zach Johnson at the Ryder Cup. But can the Tiger claim one of the 6 wild cards available to the captain and thus appear as a player in the team?

Tiger Woods, Ryder Cup

A possibility that the double major winner named captain in February did not rule out even if it seems unlikely.

“First of all, I can only think about him being on the team if he’s scoring, if he shows he’s competitive,” Johnson said. And secondly, it should be discussed with all the members of the team, starting with him. I know that he is extremely invested in this team, for the next meetings. It’s more than obvious.”

Johnson also said that even if Woods does not play in Rome, following his car accident in early 2021, he will be part of the team, one way or another.

On the other hand he does not expect to have to make a difficult decision because he is convinced that if he does not feel able to give the best of himself, Tiger will make the choice himself not to handicap him. American team.

“He will tell me yes I can play, no I can’t if necessary.” confides Zach Johnson who also believes that the undulation of the Marco Simone course will have to be taken into consideration.

Remember that Tiger Woods’ record in the Ryder Cup is not very good. In eight participations, he has only 13 wins for 21 defeats and 3 draws. With a predilection for singles (4-2-2) and disappointing results in four-ball (9-19-1).

Eldrick Tont Woods (born December 30, 1975), better known as Tiger Woods, is an American golfer.

Considered among the best golfers of all time, as well as the best of the modern era, in his more than twenty-year career he won 110 professional tournaments, including 15 majors, making him the most successful player in history ; held the number one position in the OWG world rankings for a total of 683 weeks, 281 of which were consecutive weeks (from June 12, 2005 to October 30, 2010), and is the only golfer to have won all four majors in the modern era within a single year (between 2000 and 2001).

In 2014, he became the first sportsman in the world to surpass one billion dollars in earnings from wins and sponsorships. In 2019, US President Donald Trump awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States of America.