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Nick Faldo: The Ryder Cup is greater than money – I needed no other motivation to play

Sir Nick Faldo has entered the debate of whether the American side should go ahead with paying their players and so break nearly 100 years of Ryder Cup tradition by saying that the “only motivation” he needed was winning for his team-mates and Europe.

SirNickFaldowon25pointsforEuropeasaplayerandcaptainedtheteamin2008–GettyImage/RossKinnairdSirNickFaldohasenteredthedebateofwhethertheAmericansideshouldgoaheadwithpayingtheirplayersandsobreaknearly100yearsofRyderCuptraditionbysayingthatthe“onlymotivation”heneededwaswinningforhisteam-matesandEurope. TelegraphSportrevealedonWednesdaythat,afterdecadesofUSgolfersobjectingattheabsenceofcompensationfortheirendeavoursinthebiennialtournament,thePGAofAmericaisreadytohandalmost£4millioncollectivelytoKeeganBradley’smenfornextyear’smatchinNewYork. Theorganisingbodyofthestarred-and-stripedarmoftheRyderCupisplanningtogive$400,000(£316,400)toeachoftheirrepresentativesatBethpageBlackGolfCourse,withnostipulationthatanyofthefeesmustbepassedontocharity.Thedecisionhasyettobec