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 a complete lot of cash going to charity and we will 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’ll donate all of his to charity.
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Bradley urged that was at all times the plan for his staff, however an announcement wasn’t anticipated till the September 2025 matches drew nearer so he would have a greater concept who made the staff. The Every day Telegraph reported in November that Individuals could be paid $400,000 with no point out of a cut 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 correct factor. That is finally a PGA of America choice. All we need to do is give extra again and make extra of an affect.”
The pay-for-play matter 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 certainly one 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 exterior Rome in 2023 primarily based 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.
“With regards to the Ryder Cup, I am totally targeted on representing my nation and successful factors for my teammates,” Cantlay stated Tuesday. “Proper now, I am targeted fully on making an attempt to make the staff.”
Schauffele, the reigning PGA and British Open champion, chuckled when requested what his response was when he heard of the PGA of America’s choice to boost the charity quantity to $300,000 and supply an extra $200,000 as a stipend.
“I am it as a possibility to provide away extra money,” he stated. “It is by no means going to be perceived that means, simply with how the media talks about stuff and the way issues shook down in Italy. It’ll 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. And now everyone seems to be pointing fingers on how this factor has shaken down. Studying from the PGA Tour, we will give again to the neighborhood nevertheless we might help, whether or not it is the Hearth Division or NYPD otherwise you title 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 popularity 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 gained eight of the previous 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 way in which the entire thing is shaking down, it is good for this huge rivalry. And it will be higher for the Ryder Cup,” he stated. “Each time there’s like a feud, what occurs? It juices every little thing up round it. The Ryder Cup goes to do higher due to this factor.
“We’re used to enjoying in these staff occasions and never getting paid and giving our portion away fortunately. It is a very nice factor we are able to do. We make loads of cash all year long, so we’re glad to provide cash after we can.”
