{"id":182616,"date":"2025-09-26T08:35:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T08:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/182616\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T08:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T08:35:08","slug":"how-much-money-ryder-cup-fans-are-spending-at-bethpage-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/182616\/","title":{"rendered":"How much money Ryder Cup fans are spending at Bethpage Black"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ryder Cup fans are up early to grab some apparel before the tournament begins at Bethpage Black on Long Island, New York.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/golf\/ryder-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ryder Cup<\/a> is underway at Bethpage Black, and it is set up to be an unforgettable event.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets went on sale roughly a year ago, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/golf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">magnitude of the event<\/a> saw initial ticket prices at roughly $700 for a grounds pass.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers actually had to pay $400, but their fee came with grounds access all week and rather pricey Ralph Lauren merchandise, making it worth it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXBUSINESS.COM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ryder-cup-gear-092525-4-bug.jpg\" alt=\"Fans buying Ryder Cup merch\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Fans shop for Ryder Cup 2025 merchandise. (Ryan Morik\/Fox News \/ Fox News)<\/p>\n<p>All you have to do is work a minimum of three shifts, and depending on what your role is, it\u2019s hardly work. Marshals might only work for roughly an hour a day, given the small number of groups out on the course.<\/p>\n<p>The good news for the grounds passes, though, is all the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/food-drinks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">food and nonalcoholic beverages<\/a> are included. So, indulge in the burgers, chicken sandwiches, hot dogs and other ballpark-type food and enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>The ticket doesn\u2019t give fans free alcohol, though. Sixteen-ounce beers are priced at $15 and $16, with cocktails like a transfusion and mulligan costing $19.50. There are a few others for a couple bucks less.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ryder-cup-gear-092525-8-bug.jpg\" alt=\"Ryder Cup drink prices\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Food and nonalcoholic beverages are included with grounds passes at the Ryder Cup, but fans have to pay for the alcohol. (Ryan Morik\/Fox News \/ Fox News)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/rory-mcilroy-representing-europe-ryder-cup-dubs-usa-best-country-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">RORY MCILROY, REPRESENTING EUROPE IN RYDER CUP, DUBS USA \u2018BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the store, however, fans had better be ready to empty their wallets for their unique mementos.<\/p>\n<p>Hats range from around $38 to $50, and it seems like those are the most popular items. That makes sense, given the prices of plenty of other merchandise.<\/p>\n<p>It is nearly impossible to find a shirt for less than $100. Remember, these clothes are rare and are practically defunct after the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can buy the exact shirts members of Team USA are wearing, but it will cost them about $130.<\/p>\n<p>And as for the long sleeves, most of them are bumped up to nearly $200, although there are some Nike quarter-zips for about $110.<\/p>\n<p>Those Ralph Lauren jackets, though, are costing fans nearly $270.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ryder-cup-gear-092525-1-bug.jpg\" alt=\"Clothes at Ryder Cup\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Clothes are pricey at the Ryder Cup store, but they are unique items. (Ryan Morik\/Fox News \/ Fox News)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Ryder Cup is played in the United States every four years and always at a different course. So, anything a fan buys instantly becomes a piece of sports memorabilia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So, while one might be scared to spend, just remember it&#8217;s for a once-in-a-lifetime experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryder Cup fans are up early to grab some apparel before the tournament begins at Bethpage Black on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-182616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}