{"id":1251261,"date":"2024-05-14T21:00:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T21:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/?p=1251261"},"modified":"2024-05-16T10:23:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T10:23:23","slug":"tiger-woods-hints-his-part-in-liv-talks-could-cost-him-ryder-cup-captaincy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/tiger-woods-hints-his-part-in-liv-talks-could-cost-him-ryder-cup-captaincy\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods hints his part in LIV talks could cost him Ryder Cup captaincy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tiger Woods admitted there was a \u201clong way to go\u201d to complete a peace deal in golf\u2019s civil war and hinted that his part in the process could rule him out of being Ryder Cup captain in 2025.<\/p>\n

Negotiations between the PGA Tour, DP World and Saudi Arabia\u2019s Public Investment Fund \u2013 which bankrolls LIV Golf \u2013 have been ongoing since the shock Framework Agreement between them was announced 11 months ago.<\/p>\n

The man who set up the deal, businessman Jimmy Dunne, abruptly resigned from the PGA Tour\u2019s policy board on Monday saying that \u201cno meaningful progress\u201d had been made, while it has been widely reported that Woods was one of the players who vetoed Rory McIlroy<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u2019s return to that influential group.<\/p>\n

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Tiger Woods (pictured) beat Bob May in a play-off at the PGA Championship in 2000 (Sue Ogrocki\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re working on negotiations with PIF,\u201d Woods said ahead of the 106th US PGA Championship at Valhalla, where he beat Bob May in a play-off in 2000.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s ongoing, it\u2019s fluid, it changes day-to-day. Has there been progress? Yes. But it\u2019s an ongoing negotiation, so a lot of work ahead for all of us with this process.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re making steps and it may not be giant steps, but we\u2019re making steps.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked about McIlroy\u2019s admission that he and Woods do not see eye to eye on the subject, Woods added: \u201cIt\u2019s good to see it differently, but collectively as a whole, we want to see whatever\u2019s best for all the players, the fans and the state of golf.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow we get there, that\u2019s to be determined, but the fact that we\u2019re in this together and in this fight together to make golf better is what it\u2019s all about.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to make the PGA Tour the best it can be day-in and day-out. That\u2019s one of the reasons why we have arguments and we have disagreements, but we want to do what\u2019s best for everyone in golf and the Tour.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout those kind of conflicts, the progress is not going to be there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Progress has also been slow on talks between Woods and PGA of America officials on the Ryder Cup captaincy, with the 15-time major winner favourite to captain the United States at Bethpage next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re still talking,\u201d Woods said. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing that has been confirmed yet. We\u2019re still working on what that might look like. Also whether or not I have the time to do it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m dedicating so much time to what we\u2019re doing with the PGA Tour, I don\u2019t want to not fulfil the role of the captaincy if I can\u2019t do it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat that all entails and representing Team USA and the commitments to the PGA of America, the players and the fans \u2013 I need to feel that I can give the amount of time that it deserves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Woods, who was dealing with back problems the last time Valhalla staged the US PGA in 2014 and missed the cut, has played just twice this season and was forced to withdraw from the Genesis Invitational after six holes of round two.<\/p>\n

The 48-year-old made a record 24th-consecutive cut in the Masters last month, only to slump to a third round of 82 \u2013 his worst ever score at Augusta National by four shots \u2013 and finish last of the 60 players who made the cut.<\/p>\n

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Tiger Woods (left) and Rory McIlroy do not see eye to eye on negotiations with Saudi Arabia\u2019s Public Investment Fund (Richard Sellers\/PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cI can still hit shots. It\u2019s getting around is more of the difficulty that I face day-to-day and the recovery of pushing myself either in practice or in competition days,\u201d Woods said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou saw it at Augusta.<\/a> I was there after two days and didn\u2019t do very well on the weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still feel that I can win golf tournaments. I still feel I can hit the shots and still feel like I still have my hands around the greens and I can putt. I just need to do it for all four days, not like I did at Augusta for only two.\u201d<\/p>\n