The 15-time major winner (49) confessed that he's making a slower-than-hoped-for recovery after undergoing disk replacement surgery in October and cannot yet commit to a playing schedule in 2026.

But after watching the USA lose the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black and speaking to the players and the backroom team, he revealed ahead of the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas that he has not been approached about captaining the American team in Co. Limerick.

"No one's asked me about it," said Woods, who reiterated his stance when asked about doing a job he reportedly turned down when offered the chance at Bethpage Black. "No one's asked me about it."

He added: "I watched pretty much all of it and was talking to the players and the captains involved in it, everyone involved on the US side."

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