Tiger Woods has reportedly been given a soft deadline to decide if he wants to be the captain of the Ryder Cup. The American golfer has extensive experience playing in the biennial tournament and is now considered to be the team captain for the upcoming 2027 edition.

As per AP reports, Woods has been given a deadline prior to the Masters to make a decision about the same. Notably, a source told AP golf writer Doug Ferguson that Woods is the only candidate for the U.S. Ryder Cup captaincy as of now.

Nuclr Golf shared the news on its X (formerly Twitter) account with a caption:

“The AP reports that Tiger Woods has been given a “soft deadline” prior to The Masters to decide whether he would like to be captain of the U.S. Ryder Cup team in 2027 at Adare Manor with sources telling @dougferguson405 that Woods is currently the only candidate. @TWlegion”

Tiger Woods also opened up about the Ryder Cup captaincy at last week’s Genesis Invitational. The American golfer was the host of the event and, in a pre-tournament press conference last week, he opened up about the biennial tournament. He said:

“They have asked me for my input on it, and I haven’t made my decision yet. I’m trying to figure out what we’re trying to do with our tour. That’s been driving me hours upon hours every day and trying to figure out if I can actually do our team, our Team USA and our players and everyone that’s going to be involved in the Ryder Cup, if I can do it justice with my time. “

Tiger Woods has been away from the field for a while now. He has not played in any tournament since his last outing at The Open Championship in 2024.

Tiger Woods opens up about playing on the PGA Tour or Champions Tour

Tiger Woods opened up about his plans to play on the PGA Tour or the Champions Tour in a pre-tournament press conference of the Genesis Invitational. He was asked how close he was to making a comeback on either circuit. He said:

“Well, I’m trying, put it that way.”

He also talked about the setbacks that have been keeping him away from the field.

“Well, the disc replacement has been one thing,” Woods said. “It’s been a challenge to — I’ve had a fused back and now a disc replacement, so it’s challenging. And now I entered a new decade, so that number is starting to sink in and has us thinking about the opportunity to be able to play in a cart. That’s something that, as I said, I won’t do out here on this tour because I don’t believe in it. But on the Champions Tour, that’s certainly that opportunity.”

The American golfer underwent disc replacement surgery last year and has been recovering from it. Last week, he also hinted at playing at the Masters.

Woods also turned 50 in December and is now eligible to play on the PGA Tour Champions. It will be interesting to see when Tiger Woods returns to play the game.