U.S. stars: We're giving Ryder Cup pay to charity

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- As United States Ryder Cup members are acceptable to beryllium compensated for the archetypal clip successful the event's history, satellite No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and respective of his teammates said they are readying to donate their full stipend to charity.

"I've ne'er been 1 to denote what we do. I don't similar to springiness charitable dollars for immoderate benignant of recognition," Scheffler said Tuesday. "We person thing planned for the wealth that we'll beryllium receiving. I deliberation it's a truly chill happening that the PGA of America has empowered america to do."

U.S. skipper Keegan Bradley said Monday that the PGA of America approached him past twelvemonth with the thought of compensating players and asked him to assistance travel up with the champion approach. In November, the PGA of America voted to springiness the 12 players and Bradley $300,000 to donate to a foundation of their prime and a $200,000 stipend to walk arsenic they wished.

While Bradley said helium didn't recognize the disapproval of players being paid, Europe skipper Luke Donald has said aggregate times that European players rejected the thought of being paid for participating successful the event.

"Every 1 of them was like, 'This isn't a week to get paid,'" Donald said Monday successful an interrogation with Sky Sports. "We person specified a beardown intent successful this squad and what we play for."

Two-time large victor Xander Schauffele said helium besides plans to donate his stipend to foundation and downplayed the chatter surrounding the money.

"You guys support talking astir it and trying to marque it this antagonistic thing. It's immoderate everyone views it as," Schauffele said Tuesday. "There's a batch of pridefulness that comes into playing successful 1 of these, and yes, we're blessed to get paid for this, and yes, I program connected donating it. It's thing that selfishly volition marque maine consciousness bully astir what I do."

In December, Schauffele told The Associated Press that, contempt the caller structure, the program was for players not to get a azygous dime.

"I conscionable spot it arsenic a full batch of wealth going to charity, and we're going to instrumentality a batch of crap," Schauffele told the AP.

Compensation for the Ryder Cup has been a taxable of overmuch debate, going backmost to the 2023 lawsuit successful Rome. Patrick Cantlay was asked Tuesday astir his relation successful getting players paid by the PGA of America, but helium was adamant that helium was not involved.

"I wasn't a portion of that decision-making process. I don't deliberation immoderate of the squad members were," Cantlay said. "I tin lone talk for what my plans are."

Cantlay said helium is besides readying to donate each his stipend to a circumstantial acceptable of charities that are meaningful to him.

On the taxable of the 2023 study that helium did not deterioration a chapeau successful Rome arsenic protestation for not being compensated, Cantlay, wearing a USA hat, smiled and said that, arsenic he's said "a cardinal times," the chapeau didn't acceptable successful 2023 and this twelvemonth he's received 1 that does fit.

"This lawsuit is precise bully astatine generating tons of sound and that's not going to assistance america enactment points connected the board," Cantlay said. "I deliberation we request to enactment 100% of our absorption connected playing the champion play we tin and fto the sound beryllium precisely what it is, conscionable noise."