Tiger Woods: Too many commitments to be Ryder Cup captain - ESPN

TROON, Scotland — Tiger Woods said turning down an opportunity to captain next year's U.S. Ryder Cup team was a difficult one, but one he had to make because of myriad other commitments.

Keegan Bradley, a two-time Ryder Cup player, will captain the U.S. when it faces the European team at the Bethpage Black Course in Farmingdale, New York, on Sept. 26-28, 2025.

«Well, the decision was very difficult for me to make,» Woods said Tuesday at Royal Troon Golf Club as he prepares for the Open Championship. «My time has been so loaded with the tour and everything and what we're trying to accomplish. I'm on so many different subcommittees that it just takes so much time in the day, and I'm always on calls.»

Woods, 48, is vice chairman of the board of directors of PGA Tour Enterprises and a member of its transaction committee, which is handling day-to-day negotiations with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund about a potential multibillion-dollar investment. Woods is a player director on the PGA Tour's policy board as well.

Woods and Rory McIlroy also are the front men for TGL presented by SoFi, a tech-infused golf league that is scheduled to begin its inaugural season on Jan. 7.

«I just didn't feel like I could do the job properly,» Woods said. «I couldn't devote the time. I barely had enough time to do what I'm doing right now, and add in the TGL starts next year, as well as the Ryder Cup. You add all that together and then with our negotiations with the PIF, all that concurrently going on at exactly the same time, there's only so many hours in the day.

»I just didn't feel like I would be doing the captaincy or the players in Team USA justice if I was the captain with everything that I have to do."

Woods said he hasn't talked