Tiger Woods has declined the offer to captain the US team for the 2025 Ryder Cup

Tiger Woods has reportedly turned down the opportunity to lead Team USA through the 2025 Ryder Cup. The telegraph.

The PGA of America is expected to announce the 2025 Ryder Cup captain on Tuesday. Sports IllustratedBob Harig reported that 2011 PGA Championship winner Keegan Bradley is now expected to take over as captain.

Stephen Hennessey of GolfDigest reported in April that the captaincy was “the position Woods could take if he wanted to,” but Woods said in May he wasn’t sure he could devote enough time to the role.

The Ryder Cup will be played on the Bethpage Black Course in Farmingdale, New York, next year from September 25-28.

Bradley, who previously competed in two Ryder Cups in 2012 and 2014, could potentially choose to ask Woods to play an “advisory role,” Yahoo Sports’ Jay Busbee noted.

According to The telegraph, “It is understood that Woods was prepared to take on the role if the PGA of America… reduced the captain’s normal pre-match commitments.”

“But no agreement was reached and, as time went by, they were forced to look elsewhere,” The telegraph read.

Ryder Cup captains are often named more than a year in advance. The PGA of America named Zach Johnson as the 2023 captain in February 2022. Ahead of the 2025 edition, Luke Donald was named European captain in November.

Woods told reporters in May at the PGA Championship that he and former PGA of America CEO Seth Waugh were “still talking” about the Ryder Cup captaincy, while “still working out what that might look like, and also whether or not I have time to do it.”

“I put so much time into what we do with the PGA TOUR, I don’t want to miss out on my role as captain if I can’t do that,” Woods said in May. “All of that involves representing Team USA and being committed to the PGA of America, the players and the fans and, like I said, all of Team USA. I need to feel like I can dedicate the time that they deserve.”

Woods’ comments come a week after he was named to a committee meant to guide a potential deal between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund (h/t Harig.) He already held positions on the boards of the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Enterprises at the time.

Woods previously served as an assistant captain of the victorious U.S. Ryder Cup team in 2016. He also won the Presidents Cup as a player and captained Team USA in 2019.

Next year, Team USA could arrive in Bethpage without the 82-time PGA Tour champion as they seek redemption against the reigning European champions on home soil.