Tiger Woods was a playing captain during the 2019 Presidents Cup and his participation helped lead the U.S. team to victory at Royal Melbourne. But it’s a different story this week. The former world number one is not with the U.S. team at Quail Hollow Club, rather, still recovering from the roll-over car crash he sustained in 2021.
Although the iconic golfer is not physically at Quail Hollow does not mean that he has abandoned the team altogether. According to U.S. Captain Davis Love III on Thursday,
“I was standing on the sixth tee for a long time watching every group come through and I called him and we talked for a while…I said, ‘at least you’re watching. You can call if you see anything.’”
Love confirmed that Woods continues to be involved with the U.S. Team, if even at a distance. And, we have all seen Wood continuously involved with American teams in recent years as a captain, vice captain or player and Love acknowledged he remains engaged even from afar.
“He’s having fun. He obviously misses it,” Love said. “The other night on a Zoom call, [Fred Couples] asked him, ‘When are you getting in?’ Tiger laughed, ‘What’d you say?’ I know he wishes he were here.”
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Woods, who only played just three events this year, has shared with the public his schedule limitations while also admitting that a grueling week climbing the North Carolina hills wasn’t an option.
“It’s not easy. We’re banging around in a cart and walking up and down hills. I get it,” Love said. “We’re including him, as usual.”
