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Suzhou 32 26 ClearHong Kong H: 31ºL: 27ºCloudyRainShowerThunderWindSnowSmogClearOvercastTiger leaves door open
for Presidents Cup
Captain will make final call himself
US Presidents Cup captain Tiger Woods
said Monday he may select himself to play
for the team in December but he would
need to see how sharp his game is before
making the call.
Woods, 43, was not among the top eight
players to automatically qualify for the
squad after he finished 13th on the points
list but he has the power to name himself
to the roster with one of the four captain’s
picks for the event at Royal Melbourne.
“My job as the captain is to put together
the best team possible, to try to put together
the best 12 guys,” he told reporters on a call.
“We’ll have open communication with
our top eight guys and my vice captains and
we will certainly talk about whether I should
play or not play,” he said. “Ultimately it is
going to be my call.”
Woods missed the chance to defend his
Tour Championship title when he could
only manage to tie for 37th at the BMW
Championship on Sunday, far from the
sixth-place finish he likely needed to qualify
for the season-ending event.
Woods said his Presidents Cup decision
will depend on how he fares in informal
rounds against players preparing for the
fall season as well as his performance at the
Zozo Championship in October in Japan.
“It’s practising, it’s playing, it’s stayingsharp,” he said when asked what he needs
to do to make the US side, which has domi-
nated the International team since the bien-
nial event’s inception in 1994.
Woods, chasing the all-time record 18
majors won by Jack Nicklaus, has won
81 PGA titles, one shy of matching Sam
Snead’s career record.
He snapped a six-year drought by captur-
ing last year’s Tour Championship, showing
he was back on form after spinal fusion sur-
gery that Woods feared might end his career.
A fifth career Masters victory in April at
Augusta National brought Woods his first
major title since the 2008 US Open and
hailed the completion of his fightback from
years of back and knee injuries.
He played a limited schedule since then,
the year’s three other majors and the Nick-
laus-hosted Memorial tournament, until last
week’s playoff opener at Liberty National.
But Woods had to withdraw last week
with an oblique strain and tumbled from
28th to 38th in points, forcing him to need
to finish about 12th to qualify for East Lake.AgenciesPage Editor:
[email protected]Tiger Woods reacts after sinking
a putt for par on the 17th hole
in the final round of the BMW
Championship on Sunday in
Medinah, Illinois. Photo: VCG