Ryder Cup Appearance Money

[Pin-seeker]

Pot and Kettle and LIV thread are the first things that spring to my mind there Phil...

Not to mention the Electric vechile thread

 

[stymied]

It should also be reasonably affordable, maybe comparable pricing to the Majors.

USD 750 per day as the lowest price is pure profiteering.

The Masters will often cost $1000 on the second hand market, good luck with the lottery. Are there many people that are willing to pay $350 for a ticket to the US Open or $262 for PGA Championship that aren't willing and able to pay $750 for an event near NYC?

I have no problem with the prices, but think the outcry against the players is a joke given the profit at these events.

Brandel Chamblee and his take drives me crazy, I guess that's his job. Wonder what he gets paid to talk about the Ryder Cup. See reports he makes about a million a year to talk about golf on Golf Channel.

 

[3 jabber]

Disappointing but totally expected from the yanks. It's all about money for them. Just think how many caps Patrick Cantlay could buy with $400k. I get the argument that the event generates huge amounts of money but any player that makes the team has already earned a big pile. Use the money to grow the game.

 

[Mandofred]

Disappointing but totally expected from the yanks. It's all about money for them. Just think how many caps Patrick Cantlay could buy with $400k. I get the argument that the event generates huge amounts of money but any player that makes the team has already earned a big pile. Use the money to grow the game.

So we really need to "grow the game"? If everybody played golf.....a whole other bunch of issues. I'm old enough to remember the 70's tennis boom....couldn't get on a court. Built more courts....boom went...well, kaboom....too many courts. You really think we should get everybody into golf? Just like everything else....there is a compromise.....

A good thing the Europeans don't like money......