Tiger eyes tilt Down Under
MASTERS marvel Tiger Woods has confirmed what Aussie golf fans have always craved – he will play and captain the US team in the Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne in December.
Woods settled the issue with a poignant sign-off to his own blog on the Presidents Cup website.
He crossed out “Captain” and inserted “Playing Captain (and reigning Masters Champion)”.
Tigermania is already bubbling for December 12-15 but this confirmation is just the wow factor that promotion of the Presidents Cup needs.
“Personally, I could not be happier after adding a fifth green jacket by winning the Masters,” Woods wrote.
“With the victory, I’ve jumped into ninth place on the latest US Team standings.
“While I’ve already got an important role as team captain, I have made it very clear that I also want to be a playing captain when we face the International Team led by Ernie Els.
“Qualifying automatically as one of the top-eight players would prevent me from being put in a tricky spot when my captain’s assistants and I sit down to decide our four picks.”