Ryder Cup turkey Tiger in Turkey

Posted: 1:00 AM CDT Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012

BELEK, Turkey -- Tiger Woods hopes to captain the U.S. Ryder Cup team someday. He still plans to play in a few more before that happens.

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BELEK, Turkey -- Tiger Woods hopes to captain the U.S. Ryder Cup team someday. He still plans to play in a few more before that happens.

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BELEK, Turkey — Tiger Woods hopes to captain the U.S. Ryder Cup team someday. He still plans to play in a few more before that happens.

The 14-time major winner is coming off a disappointing performance at Medinah. He secured only half a point in his seventh Ryder Cup appearance as Europe retained the title Sept. 30.

“One day that would be fantastic and a huge honour to be a captain of a Ryder Cup team, but hopefully it doesn’t happen in the near future,” Woods said. “I still want to be playing on a lot more teams, but certainly one day, when my golfing life is slowing down and when it’s over, that would be a huge honour to be a part of a Ryder Cup from a captaincy side.”

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Tiger Woods leaves Medinah after the Europeans won the Ryder Cup Sept. 30. He says he wants to be a Ryder Cup captain, but not yet. — CP Tiger Woods leaves Medinah after the Europeans won the Ryder Cup Sept. 30. He says he wants to be a Ryder Cup captain, but not yet.

Woods arrived Monday for the $5.3 million Turkish Airways World Golf Finals, an eight-player event being promoted simply as “Tiger vs. Rory.”

Woods tied Raymond Floyd for the U.S. record for most losses in foursomes (8) after pairing with Steve Stricker on Friday. He also went down in the fourballs Friday and Saturday afternoon with Stricker.

After playing only once on the winning team, in 1999, Woods is stinging at the latest loss.

“It didn’t set in for me for a few days as to what happened in Medinah. I had two sick kids I had to care for and they also had to go to school. They had fevers and I was focused on them for a couple of days,” he said. “I then started to talk to my friends and teammates, and once it all started to sink in — and the position we had been in and what transpired — yes, it was tough for a couple of days.

“I texted Freddie (Couples) and Steve (Stricker) quite a bit, and like anything it is a tournament lost and you have to move on and focus on the next event. We lose far more than we win in this sport and you learn to move on. The next event is this week here in Turkey, and I’ve got a good matchup with Charl (Schwartzel).”

— The Associated Press