Ryder Cup 2025: Luke Donald “ Proud '' of the European team's remuneration position while Keegan Bradley defends the position of the American team for Bethpage Black | News Golf

Luke Donald revealed that Team Europe players have rejected any possibility of being paid to appear at the Ryder Cup, despite the United States team to receive costs to Bethpage Black.

The PGA of America announced last year that American players would receive $ 500,000 to represent the American team at the Ryder Cup, with $ 300,000 (£ 222,000) given to a charity of their choice and an allowance of $ 200,000 (£ 144,000) to spend as they wish.

This week's event in New York marks the first time in the history of the Ryder Cup that additional payment will be offered to American players, with the debate on the game dominating the first accumulation of the biennial competition.

Rory McILroy previously said that he would “pay for the privilege of playing” in the Ryder Cup, with Donald “ proud '' of his European players for their approach to find out if they should be rewarded financially for playing.

“This [payment] I came and wanted to get ahead and talk to the 12 guys in Rome when it seemed that the United States would do something different with payments, “Donald said to Sky Sports.

“Each of them was like” we don't want to be paid – it's not a week to be paid “. We have such a strong goal in this team and for which we play.

“To be honest, we reinvest part of this money in the experience of these guys. I have the impression that if you have these experiences that you remember for the rest of your life, it's worth more than a few hundred thousand dollars at the back of your pocket.

“For me, I was very proud of the guys. The ideals of the way this Ryder Cup was created in the 1920s by Samuel Ryder and I think he would have been proud too.”

Bradley: “Lots of good will come from that”

A charity donation of $ 200,000 has been allocated to each American Ryder Cup player since 1999, when Tiger Woods, Mark O'Meara and David Duval were among those who wonder how the benefits made from the Ryder Cup were dispersed and if costs were to be given.

This figure has remained the same since and is lower than the $ 250,000 given to players from the two Presidents Cup teams – led by the PGA Tour – last September, Bradley supporting the change and supporting its players to use the increased money for good.

“I am not concerned about what Europe does or what they think,” insisted Bradley. “I'm worried about what my team is doing. I was responsible for a job that the PGA of America asked me to do, and that is what we decided.

“We wanted to bring the Ryder Cup at the age of today and we felt that it was the best way to do it. We copied a lot of what the Presidents do. We did our best, and I think that a lot of good will come from that. I think the players will do a lot of good with this money, and I think it's great.”

The change, which has divided opinion, comes when the players play for huge handbags and in a year when tickets are at a record level, with prices from $ 750 – including food and soft drinks – for each day of competition.

“I don't really understand that [bad optics]”Bradley added.” I think the goal here was that the charity dollars had not been collected for 25, 26 years and this is what we started to do.

“We have done a lot of what the Presidents Cup has done and these players will do the right thing and do a lot of good with this money. I think the players are very good people and will do a lot of good things.”

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There will be a live cover prolonged everyday from the Ryder Cup Week, where Team Europe seeks to find the trophy with a historic victory outside in the United States.

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