Tiger Woods threatened to kick member off team in menacing text messages
Tiger Woods had threatened his TGL teammate Kevin Kisner with being booted off the team last year in a brutal series of text messages.
Kisner had been struggling in the early weeks of the 2025 TGL season for Woods team, Jupiter Links, alongside Max Homa and Tom Kim. Woods has currently not playing on the team while being out with injuries, but has not ruled out a return – just not coming any time soon. It comes as Woods had recently confirmed plans to expand the TGL.
In the 2025 season, Kisner notably had one tough shot that had Woods laughing on the side of the green. Chipping out of the bunker, he had hit the flag with his ball richochet’ing into the other bunker that Homa had been in.
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Woods appeared to enjoy the moment with fans in attendance laughing and applauding, with the legendary golfer perhaps knowing the moment would go viral.
However, Kisner revealed Woods sent him a text which read: “Tiger pretty much told me he’s kicking me off the team if I didn’t get my act together. So a few text messages that are not made public, without those, I wouldn’t have got motivated. So all credit to him.”
Kisner has struggled on the course for the past few months with his poor form continuing in the TGL season, admitting that he knows he needs to make improvements to help out Woods’ team.
He said: “I’ve been disappointed with my play lately. When you play badly for your teammates, it really stinks. I heard tonight I led in strokes gained, which is the first time I’ve done that in my career.”
He added: “I understand my role, and I’m well aware of it, and I’m not afraid to embrace it so I can be Tiger’s hype man anytime you want and I can be the mouth of TGL anytime they want. So that’s a bonus for me.”
Some fans have hoped to see Kisner be replaced by Tiger’s son, Charlie Woods, who continues to impress on the junior circuit – with many hoping to see the two play together.
Woods’ future in the sport is up in the air, struggling with multiple injuries at once, as he awaits a return to the course for the first time since the 2024 Open Championship.
While initially hoping to play in the TGL season, Woods recently stated that he is not too close on a return to the sport, suggesting it may be .
He said: “I’m moving up to short irons, so that’s about it. I need a little bit more than that to be able to play here.
At my speed right now, I could probably play the Stinger [TGL] hole. Just kind of roll it off the tee. But no, I’m progressing, which is nice. I’m getting there and getting stronger. It’s just one of those things where it just takes so much time for the bone to heal and the bone to set.”
