Tiger Woods was the first choice to lead the American team to the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black, but as is well known, he declined the offer to attend to his other responsibilities on the PGA Tour. However, no one doubted that he would be involved in the event in some way or another, and that is exactly what has happened.

Although he has not taken any official role related to the Ryder Cup , Woods has served as an invaluable adviser to captain Keegan Bradley. This was confirmed to Golf.com by an unidentified source with direct knowledge of the matter .

"He's being consulted," the source told Golf.com. "And I know he feels like he's a part of Keegan's decisions and how he's thinking about it, and Keegan has been hugely respectful of that. Without giving (Woods) an outsized role, I thin

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