The Ryder Cup Starts on Friday in the United States After a Turbulent Run-Up. Disputes about Money Overshadow This Year’s Traditional Golf Duel Between Team Europe and the United States. “The Americans Should Play for Their Country.”
Whicever of the Twelve American Golfers Appeared Before the Camera This Week, They All Faced The Same Question. What are they going to do with the extra compensation They Receive from the American Golf Association?
500,000 American Dollars (About 426,000 euros) Split the Golf World Last Week. All American Players Will Receive the Amount from this year because they play for their country. IT is 200,000 dollars (170,000 euros) More Than Before.
But where the compensation for the American golfers previously vent entirely to charity, they can now keep 200,000 dollars for Themselves. It LED to Considerable Commotion, Especiate Among the European Golfers. They do not receive and do not want any money for their participation in the ryder cup.
“I talked about it with our players last year. They said:” This is not a week to get paid “, Luke Donald, the captain of Team Europe, Said in an interview with Sky Sports On Monday. He cleverly used the issue to increase the pressure on his opponents.
Team Europe Defends the Title from Friday at the Ryder Cup, which will be Held at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale (New York). 28 matches will be played over the next three days, in which 1 point can be earned per match.
The Ryder Cup Does Not Follow the Normal ‘Golf Rules’. There are duels between duos (on days 1 and 2) and individual players (day 3). As Titleholder, Team Europe Needs 14 Points to Win the Cup, While Challenger The United States Must Get 14.5 Points.
The New Compensation Scheme Has Been A Conern for Some Time. American Captain Keegan Bradley Said that Last year he recestion from the American Golf Association PGA of America How They Could Better Compensate The Twelve Players Duration The Ryder Cup.
The Old Scheme dated from 1999 and needed replacement, now that the prize money at Golf Tournament has been increased considerably. Duration the ‘International Week’ Golfers Cannot Participate in Other (Lucrative) Tournaments.
That is what the new compensation scheme resulted from, with the approach of the players. But that did not sit well, not just in their own country. Just the American Former Team Captain Tom Watson was a critical or his compatriots.
“In The Past, They Gave US Money for Favorite Charitions. That was the right thing to do. I Don’t Think Players Should Be Paid. They only Play for Their Country and Their Teammats.”
The Criticism From Watson Resonated in And Around the American Team. One by One, the golfers had to Answer for the new compensation in recent days, to the irritation of two-time major winner Xander Schauffele.
“You keep talking about it and trying to make it negative,” the American Snapped at the Press. He promised that would also donate the extra 200,000 American Dollars to Charity. “That makes me feel good.”
Reignning World Champion Scottie Scheffler and Patrick Cantlay also pledged that they would donate all their compensation at the ryder cup to charity. Cantlay Hoped that the discussion would end.
“This event is very good at making noise and that’s not going to help us score points,” he said. “I think we need to focus 100 percent on playing the best golf we can and let the noise be what it is. Because that’s all it is: noise.”