‘I can’t do it’: Why this pro didn’t want Tiger Woods following him at the Presidents Cup

The aura surrounding the man who was No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking for a record 683 weeks was so strong, his opponents often crumpled under the pressure of either catching him or keeping ahead of him.

And as it turns out, that also applies to when Woods is on the same team as you and not even playing.

On Tuesday, ahead of this week’s Masters, Justin Thomas shared a story of when one of his teammates at the 2017 Presidents Cup, Daniel Berger, had to make an uncomfortable request to then-captain Fred Couples.

As Thomas explained, Woods was serving as a vice captain for the U.S. team at Liberty National and was assigned to lead Berger’s pod of players. That didn’t sit well with Berger.

“I don’t know if he was paired with Brooks or someone, but [Berger] went to — I don’t know if it was Freddie or someone — and said, ‘Tiger can’t come with our group,'” Thomas recalled. presidents cup shirts