{"id":144196,"date":"2025-09-17T22:28:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T22:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/144196\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T22:28:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T22:28:18","slug":"ryder-cup-2025-former-european-captain-tears-into-us-players-rattling-the-money-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/144196\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryder Cup 2025: Former European captain tears into US players “rattling the money tree”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former European Ryder Cup<\/a> captain Paul McGinley says the PGA of America is making a “massive mistake” by paying US players.<\/p>\n

It was confirmed last December that all 12 players on Keegan Bradley’s team will be paid to compete after a package was agreed with the PGA of America.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The dozen will receive $500,00 (\u00a3400,000) each, with $300,000 (\u00a3240,000) donated to a charity or charities of their choice.\u00a0<\/p>\n

US skipper Keegan Bradley<\/a> has already pledged to give away every penny, though it remains to be seen whether his players will follow.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Keegan Bradley<\/p>\n

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The PGA of America previously stressed that “no player” asked to be paid, though their former chief executive Seth Waugh said it was “heavily implied”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

McGinley told the Times of London that the European team was aware the payment issue was “bubbling under the surface” before the 2023 matches in Rome.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Patrick Cantlay was accused of protesting by not wearing a team cap and was goaded by thousands of spectators during his match against Rory McIlroy<\/a> at Marco Simone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cantlay<\/a> denied he was protesting, later telling GOLF that if he was then he would make it abundantly obvious.\u00a0<\/p>\n

McGinley told the paper<\/a>: “For for the kind of money these guys are making nowadays, to get a million each is tiny money.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“It’s huge in everybody’s life, but not theirs. Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Ian Woosnam never got paid.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Curtis Strange, Lanny Wadkins and Jack Nicklaus<\/a> didn’t. These modern players have pushed the envelope to get half a million dollars.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Patrick <\/p>\n

Patrick Cantlay<\/p>\n

“It’s the mentality of rattling the money tree everywhere they can at the moment.”<\/p>\n

McGinley added: “I don’t want to speak too much about the Americans but will give you an insight into what we’re doing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“We knew this was bubbling underneath the surface in Rome and the Americans said [money] was nothing to do with it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Of course it was an every dog in the street knows it was. Not long afterwards, they announced their payments.<\/p>\n

“We knew the announcement was coming, and about a week beforehand Luke communicated with all the 12 players from Rome and they came back within a few hours to say, ‘100 per cent, we don’t want to get paid.’<\/p>\n

“That put us on the right side of it and it bonds us with the European fans. Personally, I think they have made a massive mistake to push for this considering how much money is in the game.”<\/p>\n

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McGinley said Ryder Cup players indirectly benefit by appearing in the biennial clash as their brands grow.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His comments echo those of Darren Clarke, who told Golf Channel that US players getting paid does not sit well with him.<\/p>\n

“That is not what the Ryder Cup is about,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Former PGA Tour<\/a> player turned LIV Golf<\/a> recruit Patrick Reed<\/a> also criticised the decision last week at the BMW PGA Championship.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reed said there was no dollar amount that he would want to play in a Ryder Cup or the Olympic Games.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“I really think it is unnecessary,” Reed said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“There are certain events that money means absolutely nothing and that\u2019s one of them.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Justin Rose has also criticised the US team.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rose said he believes<\/a> Bradley’s men are “trying too hard” to form a bond.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 2025 Ryder Cup will be played over 26-28 September.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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