Woods rules himself out of Ryder Cup
15 Aug 2014 5:48 AM IST
Tiger Woods ruled himself out of the Ryder Cup on Thursday, saying he will not return to competition until December because he needs time to strengthen his ailing back. The 14-time major champion missed the cut at last week’s PGA Championship with back spasms, a week after he withdrew from the World Golf Championships event in Akron, Ohio, with similar trouble.
Even so, US Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson said Monday he would still consider making Woods a captain’s pick for the team to face Europe in September, if the former world number one was sure he was healthy.
‘I have already spoken to Tom about the Ryder Cup, and while I greatly appreciate his thinking about me for a possible captain’s pick, I took myself out of consideration. ‘The US team and the Ryder Cup mean too much to me not to be able to give it my best’, Woods, 38, wrote on his website.
Woods said he would return to competition at the World Challenge unofficial tournament he hosts, which will be held December 4-7 in Orlando, Florida.
Even so, US Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson said Monday he would still consider making Woods a captain’s pick for the team to face Europe in September, if the former world number one was sure he was healthy.
‘I have already spoken to Tom about the Ryder Cup, and while I greatly appreciate his thinking about me for a possible captain’s pick, I took myself out of consideration. ‘The US team and the Ryder Cup mean too much to me not to be able to give it my best’, Woods, 38, wrote on his website.
Woods said he would return to competition at the World Challenge unofficial tournament he hosts, which will be held December 4-7 in Orlando, Florida.
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