"It sucks" – When Tiger Woods detailed the ‘toughest’ part of the Presidents Cup captaincy role

Zozo Championship @ Sherwood - Round Three - Source: Getty
Tiger Woods (Photo by John McCoy/PGA TOUR via Getty Images)

Tiger Woods has played for the United States in the Presidents Cup nine times. In the 2019 Presidents Cup, he had an additional responsibility as the playing captain of the US team. In a 2019 interview with ESPN, the legendary golfer shared the 'hard' part of the Presidents Cup captaincy role after the tournament.

In the interview, Scott Van Pelt asked what was appealing to him about having to make hard phone calls to players not on the squad and deciding who plays with whom. Tiger Woods said:

"I think just the whole process getting know the guys, trying to put together a 12 man squad, three great vice captain's and trying to figure out who would the next four going to be after the eight autos," Woods said.
"So that was that's always the toughest process to try and round out the team and try and get that get the opinions from all the guys and I told him was open communication with all of us. I want to know who you want on the team and I want to know what the order is," he added (0:22-0:51)

Tiger Woods shared that he encouraged players to call or text him anytime whether it's day or night. He said that the players were fantastic in sharing their opinions and concerns and they worked through it as a team.

Pelt then further asked how difficult it was for Woods to make the phone call to players who couldn't be on the team. Talking about it, Woods' said:

"Unfortunately I've been a part of that and been a part of the process of where the captain has moved on from you and it sucks, that's just the way it is. But all I know is that all the guys that were in consideration all of us look and which Team USA all the best going down there obviously they're gonna be disappointed they're not part of it but there's only 12 and that's this way goes," he said (1:27-1:53).

youtube-cover
U.S. Team at the 2019 Presidents Cup at The Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Victoria, Australia. (Photo by Ben Jared/PGA TOUR via Getty Images)
U.S. Team at the 2019 Presidents Cup at The Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Victoria, Australia. (Photo by Ben Jared/PGA TOUR via Getty Images)

Other than Tiger Woods, Patrick Cantlay, Bryson DeChambeau, Tony Finau, Rickie Fowler, Dustin Johnson, Matt Kuchar, Patrick Reed, Xander Schauffele, Webb Simpson, Justin Thomas, and Gary Woodland were part of the 2019 US Presidents Cup team.

The US team won in a close contest with the International team in the 2019 Presidents Cup. They won by 16 - 14. Woods played three matches in the tournament and won all three of them.


A look at Tiger Woods' record at the Presidents Cup

Tiger Woods has had a great Presidents Cup record. In his nine appearances, he has played 43 matches. He was part of the US team in 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2019.

He has won 27 of the 43 matches, with one ending in a tie. He has a great record in Singles and foursomes while an average record in the fourballs.

Let's take a look at Tiger Woods' overall record at the Presidents Cup:

  • Events: 9
  • Matches: 43
  • Points: 27.5
  • Overall Record: 27-15-1
  • Points %: 63.5%
  • Singles: 7-2-0
  • Foursomes: 12-4-1
  • Fourballs: 8-9-0

Quick Links

Edited by Shirsh
Sportskeeda logo
Close menu
WWE
WWE
NBA
NBA
NFL
NFL
MMA
MMA
Tennis
Tennis
NHL
NHL
Golf
Golf
MLB
MLB
Soccer
Soccer
F1
F1
WNBA
WNBA
More
More
bell-icon Manage notifications