Luke Donald has claimed that American followers at Bethpage Black might activate Staff USA’s gamers as a result of they’re being paid to participate.
“That might occur,” Donald advised British media when requested if the ambiance in Farmingdale, New York might flip bitter. “Everyone knows how excessive the ticket costs are, and it’ll be an costly journey out for a household of 4. If the U.S. gamers are getting paid a stipend, or no matter it’s, and so they aren’t performing, the New Yorkers might make them find out about it.”
Staff USA’s gamers and captain will every obtain $500,000 this week — $300,000 of which have to be donated to charity — whereas Staff Europe is not going to get a private monetary reward.
“I wished to get forward of this after I first heard about it final yr and seemed prefer it was probably going to occur,” Donald mentioned. “I reached out to all of the 12 guys from Rome to see how they felt. Their voices are essential. Everybody was like: ‘We have not even thought of taking part in for cash for that occasion.’
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“We simply do not see that. We perceive what it represents. We’ve an ideal goal and that is actually sufficient for us. We perceive that the cash raised goes to assist the European Tour Group and the grassroots.
“We discuss quite a bit about this, we’re right here to encourage the subsequent technology. So this cash goes to good issues. It can hopefully assist future Ryder Cup gamers develop into nice gamers. I feel our goal, why we play the Ryder Cup, is fairly robust and that is sufficient for that week.
“It speaks to what the Ryder Cup means to those guys. A few hundred thousand {dollars} to those guys is not some huge cash within the grand scheme of issues. These weeks of the Ryder Cup, they’re one of the best weeks. There’s a lot extra to them. We actually do not want any motivation or financial rewards to get us up.”
The Ryder Cup begins on Friday.
