{"id":68308,"date":"2026-03-06T13:56:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T18:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/tiger-woods-wavering-over-captaincy-undermines-us-ryder-cup-ambitions\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T13:56:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T18:56:38","slug":"tiger-woods-wavering-over-captaincy-undermines-us-ryder-cup-ambitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/tiger-woods-wavering-over-captaincy-undermines-us-ryder-cup-ambitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods\u2019 wavering over captaincy undermines US Ryder Cup ambitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Woods says he has PGA commitments but knows he would be up against a detail-obsessed Luke Donald in 2027<\/p>\n<p>Chatter on the Bay Hill range this week has suggested the prospect of Tiger Woods making a return to competitive action at next month\u2019s Masters may actually be more than a tale of fantasy. There is even the suggestion Woods could test his competitive ability at a stop on the senior Champions Tour between now and Augusta National. If nothing else, the mere discussion keeps sponsors happy.<\/p>\n<p>One never really knows with Woods, whose schedule was always mysterious by design, but his addition to the Masters field would naturally turn heads. Having not played a mainstream tournament since the Open of 2024 \u2013 and with an injury record as long as the Trans-Siberian railway \u2013 Woods will presumably at some point have to prove he can either remain a relevant part of majors or succumb to the kind of sad, hard-to-watch existence that has befallen scores of sportspeople before him. It is at least fair to say he does not have many Masters left.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/mar\/06\/tiger-woods-wavering-over-captaincy-undermines-us-ryder-cup-ambitions\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woods says he has PGA commitments but knows he would be up against a detail-obsessed Luke Donald in 2027 Chatter on the Bay Hill range this week has suggested the prospect of Tiger Woods making a return to competitive action at next month\u2019s Masters may actually be more than a tale of fantasy. There is &#8230; <a title=\"Tiger Woods\u2019 wavering over captaincy undermines US Ryder Cup ambitions\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/tiger-woods-wavering-over-captaincy-undermines-us-ryder-cup-ambitions\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Tiger Woods\u2019 wavering over captaincy undermines US Ryder Cup ambitions\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}