The Ryder Cup, after being played for the last two years ago, is now only four days away. But this is another 96 hours. Or 5,760 minutes. Or 345.600 seconds. Pointing, biennial matches are as close to us as a hole in a par-3-but still feel as far as one in a brutally long par-5. The second hand may look stuck until Friday.
And then there are press conferences. They too can withdraw. After all, there are just so many ways to cut a golf ball, say.
But there are delicious bites.
So over the next four days, as a means of leading us the moment the balls are in the air Bethpage BlackWe will offer one or two of the highlights. They can be technique. They can be penetrating. They can be exciting. They can be technically penetrating, he said emotionally.
On Monday, for 25 minutes, only captain we KEEGAN BRADLEY and European captain Luke Donald We talked, and we heard of payments to play and a “powerful moment” in the first TeE.
Salary questions for games
There was a question about Ryder Cup-Play’s salary. Then some more. Two years ago, Categories It was widely discussed after a report came to the surface that Patrick Cantlay of the USA team believed players had to be paid to play the Ryder Cup and that he would not wear a team hat to demonstrate his disappointment – then Marco Simone’s fans began shaking their hats and chaos.
This yearAmericans will receive $ 500,000 – $ 300,000 from which they will go to charity, and the use of the remaining $ 200,000 will be determined by the player. (Previously, US players had received $ 200,000, all went to charity.) And Bradley answered four questions on the topic on Monday. Some thoughts were repeated. The questions are in Italy.
About the US team that is first paid this year, can you simply explain why you decided to give all your money to charity? And just to clarify, will your whole team follow your example? Do you have a unified approach to this?
“Well, America’s PGA came to me, they wanted to bring the Ryder Cup to this day,” Bradley said. “Charity dollars had not changed since 1999 and they asked me to make their shepherd to do it in 2025.
“I think for everyone is a personal decision. Many boys are not pleased to share what they will do with their money, but we will donate.
“For us, America’s PGA, this happens after Ryder Cup, so this is something we will worry about after. But after all, America’s PGA asked me to help with it, and that is the best way we came out to do it.”
To clarify, why are you giving your stipend as well as the donation of charity?
“I think it’s a personal decision,” Bradley said. “I don’t give charity to publish what we are doing. These people in our team are extraordinary people, and they do many extraordinary things with charity dollars and their foundations. Many are not comfortable sharing that kind of information, and I feel the same way.”
Keegan, following only the question there for the payment for your team, what do you say to those who take it as evidence that means more about Europe?
“Well, I’m not worried about what Europe does or what they think,” Bradley said. “I’m worried about what my team is doing.
“I was in charge of a job that the American PGA asked me to do, and that was what we decided. We wanted to bring the Ryder Cup to the present age, and we felt that this was the best way to do it. We copied many of what the presidents’ cup does.
“We did the best we can, and I think a lot of good will come from this. I think the players will do very well with that money, and I think it’s great.”
Of course you rightly admit that the players are able to do very well with her, but I think her optics is controversial, given the finances already involved in Golf. Do you have any regrets about that aspect?
“I really don’t understand it,” Bradley said, “but I think the goal here was that charity dollars were not increased to 25, 26 years, and that’s what we started doing.
“Again, we did a lot of what the presidents’ cup did, and these players will do the right thing and do very well with that money. You can say that, but I think the players are really good people and will do a lot of good things.”
Taking: Expect this to be required several times throughout the week. But there seems to be some points that speak. As for the example of the Cup of Presidents, last year, Reported Adam Schupak of Golfweek that players and captains were given $ 250,000 to do with him as they liked; earlier, According to the event websiteThey shared “an equal portion of the funds created for charity according to his choice”.
The question of the game
In making his captain’s elections, Bradley did not choose himself and he was asked if he was wondering if he had.
Yes, Bradley said – and he also said he would think of something else.
“I also wondered how impossible it would be,” he said. “… I was chosen to do this job as a captain, and there were certain things I did during the week or to stand that if I were to play, I don’t think I could have done at the level I had to do.
“I grab myself every time looking at the road down the road, seeing the boys walk the right road and think of how bad I would like to do it, and how bad I would like to be in the group with Scottie Scheffler And seeing him play and be his teammate.
“But I feel like I am called for a bigger cause here, to help our boys prepare to play and play at the highest level. But in the back of my mind, I’m always thinking,” I could have been there. I go to practice or meet my coach and then meet the boys.
Taking: If Bradley and SH.BA win the cup, it will be appreciated for the decision. If they are lost, one of the biggest questions will be why the 13th Rang Golf player in the world was not playing at Ryder Cup.
‘A powerful moment’
Monday morning, Bradley gathered his team in 1. The national anthem was played. The group collided closely. Bradley said he would think about doing so for about a year.
But why?
“Well, I think at any time that boys can be together,” he said, “I think it’s really powerful to be in that first tee without crowds and just you guys.
“Every second that boys are together and can have a powerful moment, I think they bring them together. This was a really fun time to be there with those boys and to share that moment and hear the national anthem.”
Did he capture anyone’s response to surprise?
“Well, I wasn’t really surprised; it was a powerful moment,” Bradley said. “You are looking around and seeing all the boys who look at what we were doing and so in it in such an emotional way. Many people have really worked hard to reach this point in their lives.
“As Luke said, you never know when it’s your last Ryder cup. You never know if you will play one or 10 or whatever.
“Sometimes in your life and in your career, you have to participate in what is happening around you. I think one of my biggest regrets earlier in my career was not enjoying things more. And for that moment outside this morning, the boys were really taking it and enjoying it, and it was a beautiful thing.”
Taking: Bradley’s captain seems to have no lack of motivational movements. Don’t be surprised if you watch the video of this scene later during the week.
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