Presidents Cup captains and gamers are now not mandated to make charitable donations with the cash they obtain for taking part, in response to a Golfweek report.
As an alternative, the report signifies, the 24 gamers, captains and assistant captains from this yr’s matches at Royal Montreal and the 2022 Presidents Cup at Quail Hole have been every awarded $250,000 stipends, which might be used for any goal. It is a shift from the earlier mannequin, which allowed gamers to earmark their portion of income, beforehand $150,000, to charities of their selection.
“As a part of the Tour’s total whole compensation program, distributions for the Presidents Cup have been adjusted to replicate the altering panorama of charitable giving, permitting gamers and captains the flexibleness to help their respective foundations or private charitable priorities,” the Tour mentioned in a press release to Golfweek.
As Golfweek additional explains:
Previous to 2022, every participant, captain and captain’s assistant acquired $150,000 to present to a charity/charities of their selection. Beginning in 2022, gamers and captains obtain $250,000 of which they can use as they see match and aren’t required to reveal how or the place they direct the funds. Based on a number of members of Crew USA, this choice was made to unburden the Tour from having to coordinate and reimburse the entire journey bills for the help groups – coaches, trainers, household, and so forth. – and put the onus again on the participant to make the preparations out of their stipend.
Eventually yr’s Ryder Cup in Rome, every participant acquired $200,000 that they might donate to charity. That quantity, Golfweek says, is predicted to extend, both matching or exceeding the $250,000 mark, whereas additionally turning into a stipend for the 2025 matches at Bethpage Black.
