"The 45th Ryder Cup should have been Tiger Woods' moment, an occasion to complete his transformation from golf's ultimate alpha into the consummate elder statesman."
"He was once such a galloping front-runner to be USA captain at Bethpage Black, where he could affirm his leadership credentials before an amped-up New York crowd, that it had ceased to be a contest. But in a twist nobody saw coming, the torch passed to Keegan Bradley, with Woods explaining he could not make the "time commitments" required."
Tiger Woods was widely expected to captain the United States at the 45th Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black, representing a culmination of his transformation from golf's dominant alpha into an elder statesman. He had been such a clear frontrunner that selection had seemed uncontested. Unexpectedly, Keegan Bradley was appointed captain instead, after Woods stated he could not meet the necessary "time commitments". The change transferred a high-profile leadership opportunity to Bradley and interrupted a narrative of succession. The decision reshapes expectations for team leadership at a high-profile event hosted before an intense New York crowd.
Read at Independent
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]