Tiger Woods declines Ryder Cup captaincy after DUI, car crash

Team USA volition not person Tiger woods arsenic a skipper astatine the adjacent Ryder Cup, aft Woods' latest controversy. 

Woods formally turned down the Ryder Cup captaincy Wednesday arsenic helium steps distant from play activities aft helium entered a not blameworthy plea to suspicion of driving nether the influence. Woods' SUV clipped the backmost of a trailer and flipped connected its broadside past week connected a residential roadworthy adjacent his location connected Jupiter Island, Florida.

The Ryder Cup determination by the PGA of America was not a astonishment fixed the past 5 chaotic days involving Woods dating to his Friday arrest.

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"The PGA of America stands successful afloat enactment of Tiger Woods arsenic helium steps distant to absorption connected his wellness and well-being," the connection said. "We commend Tiger for prioritizing his semipermanent wellness and profoundly respect the courageousness it takes to marque specified a idiosyncratic decision."

The PGA of America added that Woods "has shared with us" that helium volition not beryllium captain.

Woods posted a connection Tuesday nighttime saying that helium was stepping distant indefinitely "to question attraction and absorption connected my health."

A question filed Wednesday by his attorney, Douglas Duncan, asked a justice that Woods beryllium allowed to question extracurricular the state to statesman "comprehensive inpatient treatment."

Duncan said the proposal from Woods’ doc was based connected the golfer’s "complex objective presumption and the urgent request for a level of attraction that cannot safely oregon efficaciously beryllium done wrong the United States arsenic his privateness has been repeatedly compromised.

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"Ongoing aesculapian scrutiny and nationalist vulnerability make important barriers to his attraction and would effect successful setbacks and an inability to afloat prosecute successful treatment."

Martin County Court Judge Darren Steele approved the motion, which did not accidental wherever the inpatient attraction installation was located.

Woods sought attraction astatine an inpatient installation successful a Mississippi session successful January 2010 aft helium was caught successful a bid of extramarital affairs, and his cause said helium sought attraction astatine different inpatient session aft his 2017 DUI arrest.

"I’m committed to taking the clip needed to instrumentality successful a healthier, stronger, and much focused place, some personally and professionally," Woods said successful his statement.

Woods besides turned down an connection to beryllium Ryder Cup skipper past time, waiting until the aboriginal summertime of 2024 to archer the PGA of America that helium did not person the time. That led to Keegan Bradley being selected conscionable implicit a twelvemonth earlier the 2025 matches connected New York’s Long Island, which Europe won.

Three players connected the Ryder Cup committee — Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth and Bradley — are playing successful the Masters, the archetypal large of the year.

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Tiger Woods of Jupiter Links Golf Club waves to fans arsenic helium is introduced astatine the commencement of a lucifer of the TMRW Golf League (TGL) against Boston Common Golf connected Jan. 27, 2025, successful Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Luke Donald already has agreed to skipper a 3rd consecutive clip for Europe, which has won the past 2 Ryder Cups. No skipper has ever won 3 straight.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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