According to Tiger Woods, each Ryder Cup American participant ought to get $5 million (£3.9 million) and donate it to a worthy cause.
According to a report last month, each of the 12 American players who will compete in the 45th staging of the biannual match versus Europe at Bethpage Black in New York next year would receive $400,000.
Players have never been compensated for playing for their teams in the 97-year history of the sport.
“We had the same conversation back in 1999,” Woods recalled.
“We refused to accept payment. The media turned against us and claimed that we wanted to get paid when we wanted to donate more money to charities.
“The Ryder Cup makes so much money, why can’t we allocate it to various charities?
