Luke Donald has named Thomas Bjørn as his second Vice Captain for the 2025 Ryder Cup, but it will be interesting to see if Tiger Woods will mirror the same role for team USA either as Captain or Vice Captain.
To have the Dubai Desert Classic rivalry ignited again at Bethpage Black next year will only add to the drama. Bjørn’s victory over Tiger in 2001 at Emirates Golf Club was arguably the crowning moment in his playing career.
It will be the sixth time in total the Dane has been a Vice Captain in the biennial contest and the tenth time overall that he has been part of Team Europe, having also been a player on three occasions as well as the victorious Captain at Le Golf National, Paris, in 2018.
The 53 year old is the second Vice Captain to be named by European Captain Donald following Italian Edoardo Molinari, whose appointment was announced in January.
Bjørn said: “It was a natural progression from last time. Luke called me and said he wanted me to carry on into New York, understanding that it’s going to be a completely different Ryder Cup in 2025 at Bethpage.
“We had some conversations back and forth mostly about how to go from the victory in Rome and into a new set up for New York, debriefing on what happened in Rome and how we carry it forward.”
