Another Ryder Cup legend rules himself out of 2025 captaincy at Bethpage Black
England's Justin Rose has ruled himself out of captaining Team Europe at the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in New York.
England's Justin Rose has ruled himself out of becoming Europe's next Ryder Cup captain.
Rose previously turned down tens of millions of dollars to join LIV Golf in order to keep the dream alive of playing majors and in the biennial dust-up until his late 40s.
The Englishman collected 1.5 points for Luke Donald's victorious side in September to take his overall record to 13-8-2.
His exploits in Rome included a memorable, clutch putt on the 18th hole at Marco Simone to tie his match with Robert MacIntyre against Max Homa and Wyndham Clark.
The former World No.1 admitted to Telegraph Sport he had always wanted to celebrate like Ian Poulter. "But I'd never had the opportunity," he said. "That's why my celebration was probably Poultersque. That lives with you forever."
He also ruled himself out of being the skipper in the bearpit of Bethpage Black.
The aforementioned Poulter was once the favourite to skipper Europe away in what promises to be raucous Ryder Cup in New York.
He may yet get the chance. Who knows what will happen in the world of men's professional golf. Rose offered the theory that perhaps Donald's calm measure might just be what Europe need at Bethpage instead of Poulter.
Rose told the paper: "2025 is too early for me. The captaincy starts next year and I feel like I've got some good things ahead of me as a player. It's not so much that I feel I 'need' to play at Bethpage, it's more than I 'need' to believe I can play.
"That's important. If you look at Luke, he sacrificed a lot this year and last year, because his game was coming back but he had to concentrate on the Ryder Cup."
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— Ryder Cup Europe (@RyderCupEurope) September 29, 2023
He added: "In truth, it probably came too early for him but because of the circumstances he probably thought he should do it.
"I acknowledge there is probably no perfect juncture at which to do it, and that if I was asked I might have to make the big commitment, even if it would affect my playing ambitions, because it's a huge honour.
"But I think there is a time when it's your sweet spot to be captain. You have to be current, can't have stopped playing, because that link has to be there. So it's a fine line. But in my view Luke is probably coming to that sweet spot right now."
"Luke did a fine, fine job in Rome and I've always thought it a little crazy that we have these guys who do great as captain, gather all this experience and knowledge – and then someone else comes in and has to learn how to do it himself. No other sport would do that, in such a big competition, would it?
"Sure, we have this neat tradition where the learnings are passed on, but each captain is different and has his own mark. Luke certainly had his. He didn't put a foot wrong."
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