Tiger: Won't play Presidents Cup without buy-in

If Tiger Woods is to be a playing captain at this year's Presidents Cup in Australia, it will mean a complete buy-in from the eight automatic qualifiers on the team and his assistant captains.

Woods said Monday that although the final decision remains his, he won't participate as a player unless that is what all involved want. And even then, he might not.

"My job as the captain is to put together the best team possible," Woods said during a conference call Monday to discuss the eight players who automatically qualified for the team following the BMW Championship. "Trying to put together the best 12 guys. We'll be going through the whole process of having communication with the top eight guys…