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Controversy surrounded the 2023 Ryder Cup when Patrick Cantlay’s wardrobe sparked dialog about paying gamers on the event.
Cantlay opted to not put on a hat throughout play on Saturday, claiming it didn’t match nicely on him. Nonetheless, hypothesis arose that it was a protest as a result of he was not being paid to play. Xander Schauffele additionally reportedly was not blissful about basically enjoying without spending a dime, and it reportedly received to the purpose the place he was practically kicked off the crew.
Amid that hypothesis, European followers taunted Cantlay all through his spherical that day by waving their hats towards him. Nonetheless, after making a protracted birdie putt, members of Group USA returned the favor, as did his caddie, Joe LaCava.
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Group USA golfer Patrick Cantlay pretends to tip his cap to followers on the 18th inexperienced throughout the forty fourth Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf & Nation Membership. (Adam Cairns/USA TODAY Sports activities / IMAGN)
LaCava waved his hat proper in entrance of Rory McIlroy, who nonetheless needed to putt, and it was a heated dialog each on the inexperienced and within the parking zone.
Gamers on the Ryder Cup had been given a set sum of money, reportedly between $200,000 and $300,000, to donate to charity. Nonetheless, following the Cantlay controversy, American golfers will now obtain $300,000 for charity plus one other $200,000 stipend from the PGA of America.
European gamers should not receiving any additional money.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler hinted that the additional cash can even go to native charities in his hometown of Dallas. Mockingly, Cantlay himself supplied comparable feedback on Tuesday, as did Collin Morikawa on Wednesday.
USA’s Scottie Scheffler on the primary tee throughout a apply spherical on the Bethpage Black Course in Farmingdale, New York forward of the 2025 Ryder Cup beginning on Friday. (Mike Egerton/PA Pictures through Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
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Nonetheless, when the conversations about Individuals being paid have been nonetheless within the rumor stage, Rory McIlroy didn’t appear thrilled.
“I personally would pay for the privilege to play on the Ryder Cup,” he mentioned final yr. Mockingly, McIlroy has not worn a hat at a number of crew occasions, together with the 2016 and 2018 Ryder Cups and 2021 Olympics.
Group Europe captain Luke Donald added, “It is one week the place you play for greater than your self. It is … not about cash or factors, it is about coming collectively as a crew and the followers feed off that — it is all ardour. I do not suppose we should always ever receives a commission.”
Nonetheless, Morikawa made it clear on Wednesday that the added pay could be the very last thing on his thoughts come Friday morning.
“Look, I believe on the finish of the day, all 12 of us right here enjoying after we tee it up on Friday, and earlier than this all began, we simply need to win the Ryder Cup,” he mentioned. “We need to win it for ourselves. We need to win it for our nation. Once we stood on the market two days in the past, and we received speeches from the Nassau Gamers Membership, and we received speeches from the [NYFD] firefighter and his son, look, I am not an emotional man, however there was feelings. And generally it simply hits residence. If you hear that kind of stuff, and also you’re capable of convey out that emotion, simply with the ability to symbolize a rustic, you need to step on that first tee and put factors on the board. That is all I will bear in mind.”
Backside of Swag Golf’s Ryder Cup Group bag, showcasing the long-lasting Bethpage Black warning signal. (Swag Golf)
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PGA of America CEO Kerry Haigh mentioned that it was “the time” to pay gamers, contemplating the quantity of income the Ryder Cup has introduced in through the years. The group, nevertheless, did say that “no gamers requested to be compensated.”
Regardless of that, although, it ought to go with out saying that Group Europe, in a hostile New York setting this weekend at Bethpage Black, shall be utilizing that as motivation to develop into the primary crew to win a Ryder Cup on the street since they did so in 2012.
