2025 Ryder Cup: PGA of America confirms Team USA players will be paid to play at Bethpage Black | Golf News

U.S. players will be paid to compete in the 2025 Ryder Cup, where they will reclaim the trophy next year at Bethpage Black.

Players have not received appearance fees for Ryder Cup matches for nearly a century, but whether U.S. players should be paid has been a debate since before the turn of the century, with reports of the agreement growing in recent weeks.

The PGA of America announced on Monday that the 12 players on Keegan Bradley's side will each receive $500,000 (£395,000), with $300,000 (£237,000) donated to a charity or charities of each player's choice. .

The remaining $200,000 (£158,000) is known as the “allowance”.

The PGA of America approved the package, although it said “no players requested compensation.”

“Players and captains past and present are responsible for making the Ryder Cup the most special event in golf and one of the most popular events in international sport,” the PGA of America said in a statement.

“While no players are seeking compensation, the PGA Board of Directors has voted to increase the allocation for members of the U.S. Ryder Cup team for charity from $200,000 (a figure that has not changed since 1999) to $500,000 , a portion of $300,000 will be donated to one or more charities of the player's choice.

“The balance is a stipend.

“Golf is a historic charity game, and it is exciting to imagine the impact members of the 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup team will have on worthy causes and communities across the country, including those supporting the growth of the game. Many initiatives.”

When reports of the new pay package first emerged last month, Rory McIlroy was one of several European players who said there would be no need for financial incentives to play in the Ryder Cup.

“I'm personally willing to pay for the privilege of playing in the Ryder Cup,” McIlroy told reporters.

“I’ve come a long way with that, especially with the Olympics, but right now the two purest forms of competition in our game are the Ryder Cup and the Olympics, partly because of the purity of not having money involved.”

The 2025 Ryder Cup will be held from September 26 to 28, live sky sportsBradley's side will be looking to bring back the trophy for the United States after being beaten by Luke Donald's European side in Rome last fall.

What impact did money have on the last Ryder Cup?

2023 U.S. team captain Zach Johnson downplays suggestion that Patrick Cantlay was upset about not being offered a Ryder Cup spot, then sky sportsJamie Weir reports that Cantlay showed his frustration by refusing to wear a team cap.

Fans waved hats at Team USA and jeered the former FedEx Cup champion during Saturday afternoon's four-ball match, which ended with Cantlay birdying the final three holes to move him and Wyndham Clark into the lead. A one-stroke victory over Rory McIlroy and Matt Fitzpatrick.

McIlroy and several European players spoke to Cantlay's caddy, Joe LaCava, who waved his hat in the air and appeared to cross the European putting line. The confrontation escalated and ended with Shaw En Lowry takes McIlroy off the court. A parking lot.

Will European teams follow suit?

There are currently no plans for European players to be paid to compete, with captain Luke Donald “100 per cent” opposed to changing the tournament's traditions and McIlroy among the players publicly supporting the current system.

“The Ryder Cup represents real sport,” Donald said after winning in Rome last year. “It's our purest form of the game and I think fans love it because of that. It's pure sport. That's what makes it so special.”

The European team will be looking for a historic road victory next September, which will be the first time the European team has won on American soil since the “Miracle of Medina” in 2012. sky sports' Rich Beam believes Americans getting paid could incentivize Donald's team to impress.

“I think it will make them [Europe] Some firepower,” Beam explained. “I think Luke Donald's captain is going to use that to his advantage. In what form or manner? I don't know, but I'd be very disappointed if he didn't.

“Europe is going to need all the fuel they can get. The crowd is going to be out of control, so I think the European side needs every ounce of firepower they can have and anything that can get under the American skin.

“There will be 35,000 passionate souls at Bethpage Black cheering on Team USA in their bid to take back the Ryder Cup. Any point Luke Donald can have in his back pocket against Team USA, you better believe he will Do.”

Do players need money?

Appearance fees come at a time when players are competing for record purses on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour, and Team USA golfers are already being paid to play in the Presidents Cup.

“These players are already making a lot of money anyway, they don't need to be successful at the Ryder Cup,” Beam added. “It’s not like we have anyone just crawling in and making a pittance of money.

“I imagine every player making millions of pounds competing for the Ryder Cup, then obviously Scottie Scheffler earns over $60 million.

“They feel like they need to get paid and take advantage of the fact that the PGA of America is making a lot of money out of it, but they're also paying these players a lot of money into it this week and the next few weeks.”

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