KAPALUA, Hawaii — Individuals are getting paid to play within the Ryder Cup for the primary time, and Xander Schauffele stated Tuesday the plan is for them to not get a dime.
“I simply see it as an entire lot of cash going to charity and we’re going to take numerous crap,” Schauffele stated.
The PGA of America voted final month to provide the 12 gamers and captain Keegan Bradley $300,000 to donate to a charity of their selection and a $200,000 stipend. Bradley instantly stated he would donate all of his to charity.
Bradley recommended that was all the time the plan for his group, however an announcement wasn’t to happen till the September 2025 matches drew nearer so he would have a greater thought who made the group. The Each day Telegraph reported in November that Individuals can be paid $400,000 with no point out of a break up between charity and a stipend.
“Our timetable received screwed up when that report got here out. Our plan wasn’t to have this occur so fast,” Bradley stated. “We’re simply making an attempt to do the fitting factor. That is in the end a PGA of America choice. All we wish to do is give extra again and make extra of an affect.”
The pay-for-play subject first arose in 1999 when David Duval, Tiger Woods and Mark O’Meara questioned why PGA Tour gamers had no enter on the income they produced for the PGA of America in a Ryder Cup that was quick rising into one in every of golf’s largest income sources.
The PGA of America agreed to $200,000 per participant directed to charity, half of that to a PGA of America program and half to the participant’s selection of a charity.
It turned a subject once more outdoors Rome in 2023 based mostly on an unsubstantiated report that Patrick Cantlay selected to not put on a hat to protest not being paid. Cantlay stated there was “not a shred of reality” and his teammates concurred.
“On the subject of the Ryder Cup, I’m absolutely centered on representing my nation and successful factors for my teammates,” Cantlay stated Tuesday. “Proper now, I’m centered fully on making an attempt to make the group.”
Schauffele, the PGA and Open champion, chuckled when requested what his response was when he heard of the PGA of America’s choice to boost the charity to $300,000 and provide a further $200,000 as a stipend.
“I’m it as a possibility to provide away more cash,” he stated. “It’s by no means going to be perceived that method, simply with how the media talks about stuff and the way issues shook down in Italy. It’s going to go to charity. I spoke to Keegan and he had a plan earlier than, and that received blown up by the leak of the entire thing.
“Keegan had a plan to get all of the boys to do one thing very nice,” he stated. “And now everyone seems to be pointing fingers on how this factor has shaken down. Studying from the PGA Tour, we’re going to provide again to the neighborhood nonetheless we can assist, whether or not it’s the Fireplace Division or NYPD otherwise you identify it. Keegan is from the Northeast, and we’ll take his lead.”
The matches are Sept. 26-28 at Bethpage Black in New York, a public course with a status of getting a number of the rowdiest followers.
European gamers like Rory McIlroy have jumped on the controversy, saying the Ryder Cup means a lot to them they might gladly pay to play within the matches. Europe has received eight of the final 11 occasions, although its final victory on U.S. soil was in 2012.
Schauffele stated it was solely going to make the Ryder Cup extra intense.
“The best way the entire thing is shaking down, it’s good for this massive rivalry. And it’s going to be higher for the Ryder Cup,” he stated. “Each time there’s like a feud, what occurs? It juices all the pieces up round it. The Ryder Cup goes to do higher due to this factor.”
“We’re used to taking part in in these group occasions and never getting paid and giving our portion away fortunately,” he stated. “It’s a very nice factor we are able to do. We make loads of cash all year long, so we’re completely happy to provide cash after we can.”
