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Controversy surrounded the 2023 Ryder Cup when Patrick Cantlay’s wardrobe sparked dialog about paying gamers on the match.
Cantlay opted to not put on a hat throughout play on Saturday, claiming it didn’t match properly on him. Nevertheless, hypothesis arose that it was a protest as a result of he was not being paid to play. Xander Schauffele additionally reportedly was not joyful about primarily enjoying without spending a dime, and it reportedly acquired to the purpose the place he was almost kicked off the crew.
Amid that hypothesis, European followers taunted Cantlay all through his spherical that day by waving their hats towards him. Nevertheless, after making a protracted birdie putt, members of Workforce USA returned the favor, as did his caddie, Joe LaCava.
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Workforce USA golfer Patrick Cantlay pretends to tip his cap to followers on the 18th inexperienced through 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 become a heated dialog each on the inexperienced and within the parking zone.
Gamers on the Ryder Cup had been given a set amount of cash, reportedly between $200,000 and $300,000, to donate to charity. Nevertheless, 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 usually are not receiving any further money.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler hinted that the additional cash may also go to native charities in his hometown of Dallas. Paradoxically, Cantlay himself supplied related feedback on Tuesday, as did Collin Morikawa on Wednesday.
USA’s Scottie Scheffler on the primary tee throughout a follow spherical on the Bethpage Black Course in Farmingdale, New York forward of the 2025 Ryder Cup beginning on Friday. (Mike Egerton/PA Photographs by way of Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
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Nevertheless, 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 stated final yr. Paradoxically, McIlroy has not worn a hat at a number of crew occasions, together with the 2016 and 2018 Ryder Cups and 2021 Olympics.
Workforce 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.”
Nevertheless, Morikawa made it clear on Wednesday that the added pay can 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 stated. “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 acquired speeches from the Nassau Gamers Membership, and we acquired speeches from the [NYFD] firefighter and his son, look, I am not an emotional man, however there was feelings. And generally it simply hits house. Whenever you hear that sort of stuff, and also you’re in a position to carry out that emotion, simply having the ability to signify a rustic, you need to step on that first tee and put factors on the board. That is all I will keep in mind.”
Backside of Swag Golf’s Ryder Cup Workforce bag, showcasing the enduring Bethpage Black warning signal. (Swag Golf)
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PGA of America CEO Kerry Haigh stated that it was “the time” to pay gamers, contemplating the quantity of income the Ryder Cup has introduced in over time. The group, nonetheless, did say that “no gamers requested to be compensated.”
Regardless of that, although, it ought to go with out saying that Workforce Europe, in a hostile New York atmosphere this weekend at Bethpage Black, shall be utilizing that as motivation to turn out to be the primary crew to win a Ryder Cup on the street since they did so in 2012.
