Kings of chaos Confusion reigns on US leadership while Ryder Cup cash-grab reaches new heights

A potential scenario, one which may be necessary to preserve some of the lofty status already bestowed on the 2025 Ryder Cup.

- Ewan Murray

Early noises around the event are so chaotic that Coco the Clown feels like an appropriate mascot for Bethpage as the US host Europe. Via this theoretic plan, Keegan Bradley continues his ascent back towards the summit of professional golf. He qualifies for the team of which he is, for the time being, the captain. Because it is supposedly impossible to combine playing for a modern-day Ryder Cup team with captaining one, Bradley has to pass on his duties. Enter Tiger Woods, who by this time will have handily skipped a level of media and other external commitments he could well do without, to lead the US. Woods guides his country to victory - hardly a bold concept, because home teams win Ryder Cups just as Tuesday follows Monday - thereby penning a new and necessary chapter in a career that for now is tumbling towards oblivion. He can remain in position for Adare Manor in 2027, where it has always been assumed Woods will become the Ryder Cup captain due to his long-term alliance with Irish gazillionaires.