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Americans volition beryllium paid to play successful the Ryder Cup for the archetypal clip nether a PGA of America programme that gives each subordinate a $200,000 US stipend and $300,000 to administer to charity.
Each subordinate volition get $200K for themselves, $300K to donate to charity
The Associated Press
· Posted: Dec 16, 2024 10:24 AM EST | Last Updated: December 16, 2024
Americans volition beryllium paid to play successful the Ryder Cup for the archetypal clip nether a PGA of America programme that gives each subordinate a $200,000 stipend and $300,000 to administer to charity.
The $500,000 directed to each of the 12 players and the skipper is an summation from the $200,000 that was designated lone for charity. That started successful 1999 erstwhile the pay-for-play contented archetypal surfaced.
The PGA of America committee met successful idiosyncratic past week and approved the outgo scheme, announcing it connected their societal channels Monday morning.
U.S. skipper Keegan Bradley already said helium volition springiness his afloat allocation to charity. The $500,000 is astir the equivalent of 10th spot astatine the PGA Championship.
The PGA of America says nary players asked to beryllium compensated. It says the players and skipper are liable for the Ryder Cup becoming 1 of the apical sporting events successful the world.
Rory McIlroy responds to reports that American golfers volition each person $400,000 (£350,000) to play successful adjacent year's Ryder Cup. 👊<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BBCSport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BBCSport</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RyderCup?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RyderCup</a> <a href="https://t.co/m8yyyPMB0p">pic.twitter.com/m8yyyPMB0p</a>
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