In addition to national pride, it appears members of the 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup team will benefit from another motivation when they take on their European counterparts at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York.

Lots of zeros.

A vote by the PGA of America will ultimately determine whether and how much American players will be paid for competing in the Ryder Cup.

American players participating in the event could receive around $400,000 each, according to a report. The pay structure, according to The Telegraph, would be similar to that of the Presidents Cup in September – a stipend rather than a contribution made to each golfer’s chosen charity.

However, there are two main differences between the Presidents Cup and the Ryder Cup, according to The Telegraph.

First of all, the amount. The Presidents Cup allocation was $250,000.

Second, who gets paid. While players and captains of both teams were paid at the Presidents Cup in Montreal, European Ryder Cup golfers will not be paid, choosing instead to play for what European captain Luke Donald called “the passion” for golf and country.

“It’s a week where you play for more than yourself,” Donald told the Telegraph. “It’s not about money or points, it’s about coming together as a team and the fans feed off that – it’s passion. I don’t think we should ever get paid. “

Rory McIlroy was asked this week about the idea of ​​compensation for participating in the Ryder Cup, and mocked the idea of ​​demanding money to entice players to represent their side of the competition international. McIlroy and the European team will not be directly linked to the PGA of America’s payment vote. The DP World Tour represents European stakeholders on Ryder Cup matters.

“Personally, I would pay for the privilege of playing in the Ryder Cup,” McIlroy said in an interview with BBC Sport. “The two purest forms of competition in our game right now are the Ryder Cup and the Olympics, and it’s partly because of that: the purity of no money.”

McIlroy said he understood “the other side” because of the amount of money made from the event. He said Donald brought the players together to discuss their position after learning the direction American golfers were leaning. But McIlroy said the consensus for Team Europe was to donate the sum to the DP World Tour for other purposes.

“It would be better if that $5 million was spent elsewhere on the DP World Tour to support other events or even to support the Challenge Tour,” McIlroy said.

“I think we would all welcome the money if it didn’t change the dynamic, but the money would actually change the dynamic. That’s why I think everyone’s saying, let’s not do this.”

Shane Lowry said he worked for a chance to play in the Ryder Cup and his participation was more than enough compensation.

“I love the tournament and I just want to be part of it. It doesn’t matter if I get paid or not,” he told the Irish Independent.

Talk of Americans being paid for the Ryder Cup has been brewing for decades. In 1999 in Brookline, Massachusetts (one of the most famous Ryder Cup weekends in the event’s history), golfers, including Tiger Woods, expressed their opinions that the players were not not paid even though the event brought in several million dollars.

“I would like to see us get whatever amount it is, whether it’s $200,000, $300,000, $400,000, $500,000 and I think we should be able to keep the money and do what we see fit.” , Woods told the Washington Post in 1999. “Personally, I would give it all to charity. With all the money that’s being made, we should have a say on the destination of this money.

Charitable donations began to be made that same year.

Paying to play in the Ryder Cup became a hot topic at last year’s competition near Rome after American Patrick Cantlay did not wear a hat during Saturday’s match. Multiple reports said he wasn’t wearing the hat to protest the players not being paid. Cantlay denied that was the reason, saying the hat simply didn’t fit him.

An unnamed European player told the Telegraph: “(The Americans) can do whatever they want. But we don’t want payments in our bank accounts, because that will be the end of the divide and that’s not what the Ryder Cup is about.

“Let’s be realistic, many American actors have been moving towards this for years, even decades.

“If this comes to fruition, it will be interesting to see how fans react to Bethpage, although they will likely announce it as just an extension of what is already happening.”

The 2025 Ryder Cup is scheduled to take place September 23-28.

Americans hold a 27-14 all-time advantage in this event, although Europeans have won five of the last seven competitions, including a 16 1/2-11 1/2 victory at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Italy in 2023.

The American team will be led by Keegan Bradley in 2025.

-Field level media