America’s Ryder Cup players look set to be paid for the first time, in a break from a near 100-year tradition. Team USA are in line to receive almost £4 million collectively for next year’s showdown in New York.
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ItwasallegedthatPatrickCantaly(right)refusedtowearacapduringthelastRyderCupinprotestattheplayersnotbeingpaid–GettyImages/BrendanMoranAmerica’sRyderCupplayerslooksettobepaidforthefirsttimeinabreakfromanear100-yeartraditionwithTeamUSAinlinetoreceivealmost£4millioncollectivelyfornextyear’sshowdowninNewYork.
TheorganisingbodyoftheAmericanteamhasdrawnupproposalsthatwouldseeitsgolferspaiddirectlyforthefirsttimeinthematch’s97-yearhistory.Itisunderstoodthatafigureof$400,000[£315,000]foreachTeamUSArepresentativehasbeenputforwardandislikelytoberatifiedatboardlevel.
TherearenoplansforEuropeanplayerstobepaidtoappear.
TheultimatedecisionwillprobablyhavetowaituntilanewPGAofAmericachiefexecutiveisappointed,yetaftertheissueboiledoveratMarcoSimone12monthsagoitmustbethoughtthatthestatusquowillnotpersist.
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