Sorry Tiger, but you’re letting your ego write checks that your body cannot cash.
That’s easily the case when it comes to this Presidents Cup nonsense.
First, it’s hard to get excited about an exhibition where one team is so totally superior to the other in skilled players. The U.S. versus The Internationals? Tough to get excited about this, something akin to preseason NFL football.
It should be a total mismatch but the biggest news is that Captain Woods is — get this — actually considering himself as a Captain’s pick.
Seriously?
“That’s up to myself and the vice captains and eight guys (who qualified for the team),” Woods said this past Monday during a conference call. “I’m going to keep an open line of communication with my players and my vice captains to find the four guys that they want to go down there with and who best fits the team.”
Okay, here’s the problem with that.
The vice captains are all players. And the players themselves? Are you going to be the one to stand up, speak the truth and say: “Hey listen Tiger, we love you but you had to WD from the Northern Trust and you couldn’t beat Jason Kokrak at the BMW. Sure you’ve got 15 majors but golf is a “What have you done lately” sort of thing and seriously, how many matches could you play and will you really be able to practice as long and hard as the rest of us?
Nope, no one’s going to say that to Tiger Woods.
You want the truth? Tiger can’t handle the truth and none of the eight guys and none of those vice captains is about to say: “Hey Tigh, seriously, you need to sit this one out and just be a great captain.”
For the record, the automatic U.S. team guys are: Brooks Koepka; Justin Thomas; Dustin Johnson; Patrick Cantlay; Xander Schauffele; Webb Simpson; Kooch The Caddie Mooch and Bryson The Snail DeChambeau.
The four guys in line for captain’s pick are Gary Woodland, Tony Finau, Rickie Fowler and Patrick The Rotten Teammate Reed.
Now what would really be interesting is for Woods to pick Woodland, Finau and Rickie and then……drum roll please……pick himself over Reed.
Can you imagine the whining, moaning and squealing that would come out of Reed if Tiger put himself on the team in place of Reed?
Okay, we take it all back.
Tiger, go ahead and pick Gary, Tony and Rickie, and yes, put yourself in there too.
Couldn’t wait to hear Reed’s reaction.
Priceless.
2 Comments
baxter cepeda
Tiger has basically set the table for him to be picked. Y himself. Everyone is going to want him on the team, even the first Snub which could very well be Reed or Rickie.
If this was one of those cold settings they often have for these team events, Tiger would be a huge question mark; but summer Down Under plays right into the US captains hands.
The Masters and US Open Champs should be at East Lake; but they should have spots in Melbourne even more.
Tom Edrington
Yeah, but what happens if/when Tiger’s body lets him down if he does play?