Tiger Woods will be given time to decide whether he can commit to captaining the U.S. Ryder Cup in 2025, with negotiations to resume after the PGA Championship.
Woods is the favorite to lead the U.S. team at Bethpage next September, but he said Tuesday his role in negotiating a peace deal between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund could rule him out. qualifications.
The second men’s Grand Slam of the year will take place Thursday in Valhalla, Ky., live below sky sports From 1 p.m. – Seth Waugh, CEO of the PGA of America, said: “Tiger has been very clear.
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“I think we all know he can be extremely focused. One of his many superpowers is the ability to dig in and make decisions. He won’t do anything that he’s not fully committed to, and we totally respect that. He’s got a lot of things going on right now. plate.
“Obviously, he is [PGA] Tour the side of things. We want to give him and the committee space to decide how to proceed.
“We continue to have conversations. Obviously he’s playing in a major and we want to respect that and we’ll get back in touch in the next week or so.
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“Everybody has a schedule, but we pick our captain later than this. We pick our captain earlier than this.”
“For example, (European captain) Luke Donald was appointed a year ago and they’ve done quite well. We think there’s plenty of time and we don’t need to artificially fix dates.”
“The tournament is not big enough for the PGA Tour and LIV Golf”
Rory McIlroy, winner of the last PGA Championship at Valhalla in 2014, said he was “concerned” about the chances of unity between the PGA Tour and the PIF after Jimmy Dunn resigned from the PGA Tour’s policy committee.
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“I’m a very optimistic person,” Waugh said after world No. 2 McIlroy’s press conference.
“I kind of hope it’s darkest before the dawn, if you will. I think the best thing for the game is to get a deal done. We’ve been very consistent on that.
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“What is an unsustainable business model? [LIV Golf] It puts pressure on other places like the Tour and, frankly, it puts some financial pressure on us as well.
“I don’t think the game is big enough for two tours like this, and I think we’re diluting the game in an unhealthy way.
“I hope there’s a deal and I hope there’s a sense of urgency because I do think it’s damaging to the tour and the game.”
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The men’s main season continues with the PGA Championship at Valhalla, with an extended live broadcast on Sky Sports from Thursday to Sunday
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