KAPALUA, Hawaii — Individuals are getting paid to play within the Ryder Cup for the primary time, and Xander Schauffele mentioned 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 lots of crap,” Schauffele mentioned.
The PGA of America voted final month to offer the 12 gamers and captain Keegan Bradley $300,000 to donate to a charity of their alternative and a $200,000 stipend. Bradley instantly mentioned he’ll donate all of his to charity.
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Bradley steered that was at all times the plan for his workforce, however an announcement wasn’t anticipated till the September 2025 matches drew nearer so he would have a greater thought who made the workforce. The Day by 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 acquired screwed up when that report got here out. Our plan wasn’t to have this occur so fast,” Bradley mentioned. “We’re simply making an attempt to do the suitable factor. That is finally a PGA of America resolution. All we wish to do is give extra again and make extra of an impression.”
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 among 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 alternative 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 mentioned there was “not a shred of reality” and his teammates concurred.
“In the case of the Ryder Cup, I am totally targeted on representing my nation and successful factors for my teammates,” Cantlay mentioned Tuesday. “Proper now, I am targeted utterly on making an attempt to make the workforce.”
Schauffele, the reigning PGA and British Open champion, chuckled when requested what his response was when he heard of the PGA of America’s resolution to lift the charity quantity to $300,000 and supply an extra $200,000 as a stipend.
“I am taking a look at it as a chance to offer away more cash,” he mentioned. “It is 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 should go to charity. I spoke to Keegan and he had a plan earlier than, and that acquired 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 can assist, whether or not it is 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 repute 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 previous 11 occasions, although its final victory on U.S. soil was in 2012.
Schauffele mentioned 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 massive rivalry. And it is going to be higher for the Ryder Cup,” he mentioned. “Each time there’s like a feud, what occurs? It juices every part up round it. The Ryder Cup goes to do higher due to this factor.
“We’re used to taking part in in these workforce occasions and never getting paid and giving our portion away fortunately. It is a very nice factor we will do. We make loads of cash all year long, so we’re pleased to offer cash after we can.”
