Ryder Cup 2025: What’s the deal with players being paid for the Ryder Cup? A Q&A

The days leading up to the Ryder Cup are notoriously slow on the media side, so it’s little surprise one of the biggest talking points this week has been money – specifically, whether players should be paid to compete. Here’s a breakdown of why it’s become a hot issue in 2025, explained in Q&A style.

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Farmers Insurance Open - 2026
Pos Player Tot Thru Rnd
-Chad Ramey--1
-Denny McCarthy--1
-Michael Thorbjornsen--1
-Rafael Campos--1
-Tom Hoge--1
-Rasmus Højgaard--1
-Doug Ghim--1
-Max Greyserman--1
-Mac Meissner--1
-Austin Eckroat--1
-Lee Hodges--1
-Justin Lower--1
-S.W. Kim--1
-Eric Cole--1
-Max McGreevy--1
-Erik van Rooyen--1
-Nicolai Højgaard--1
-Rico Hoey--1
-Beau Hossler--1
-Henrik Norlander--1
-Ryo Hisatsune--1
-Sahith Theegala--1
-Taylor Moore--1
-Mark Hubbard--1
-Ludvig Åberg--1
-Brooks Koepka--1
-Max Homa--1
-Aldrich Potgieter--1
-Kevin Yu--1
-Taylor Pendrith--1
-Adam Schenk--1
-Garrick Higgo--1
-Jake Knapp--1
-Maverick McNealy--1
-Wyndham Clark--1
-Will Zalatoris--1
-Xander Schauffele--1
-J.J. Spaun--1
-Harris English--1
-William Mouw--1
-Jhonattan Vegas--1
-Cam Davis--1
-Karl Vilips--1
-Stephan Jaeger--1
-Matt Kuchar--1
-Michael Brennan--1
-Joe Highsmith--1
-Aaron Rai--1
-Matt Wallace--1
-Andrew Putnam--1
-Dylan Wu--1
-Brice Garnett--1
-Sam Ryder--1
-Hank Lebioda--1
-Jackson Suber--1
-Zach Bauchou--1
-Jeffrey Kang--1
-Keita Nakajima--1
-John VanDerLaan--1
-Christo Lamprecht--1
-Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen--1
-Johnny Keefer--1
-Justin Hastings--1
-Dan Brown--1
-Sudarshan Yellamaraju--1
-Chandler Blanchet--1
-Alejandro Tosti--1
-S.T. Lee--1
-Thomas Rosenmueller--1
-Patrick Fishburn--1
-Haotong Li--1
-Ricky Castillo--1
-Seamus Power--1
-Mackenzie Hughes--1
-Lanto Griffin--1
-Neal Shipley--1
-Adrien Saddier--1
-Hunter Logan--1
-Adam Svensson--1
-Charley Hoffman--1
-Kevin Roy--1
-Luke List--1
-Sam Stevens--1
-Danny Walker--1
-Joel Dahmen--1
-Kevin Streelman--1
-David Lipsky--1
-Christiaan Bezuidenhout--1
-Thorbjørn Olesen--1
-Takumi Kanaya--1
-Camilo Villegas--1
-Patrick Rodgers--1
-S.H. Kim--1
-Keith Mitchell--1
-Alex Smalley--1
-Vince Whaley--1
-Cam Young--1
-Akshay Bhatia--1
-Patrick Cantlay--1
-Peter Malnati--1
-Tom Kim--1
-Matti Schmid--1
-Sami Valimaki--1
-Davis Thompson--1
-Billy Horschel--1
-Justin Rose--1
-Hideki Matsuyama--1
-Jason Day--1
-Tony Finau--1
-Alex Noren--1
-Marco Penge--1
-Ryan Gerard--1
-Andrew Novak--1
-Matt McCarty--1
-Adrien Dumont de Chassart--1
-Kensei Hirata--1
-Gordon Sargent--1
-Chris Gotterup--1
-Keegan Bradley--1
-Adam Scott--1
-Emiliano Grillo--1
-Gary Woodland--1
-Chandler Phillips--1
-Steven Fisk--1
-Davis Riley--1
-Aaron Wise--1
-Zecheng Dou--1
-John Parry--1
-Marcelo Rozo--1
-Matthieu Pavon--1
-Brandt Snedeker--1
-Kristoffer Reitan--1
-Jesper Svensson--1
-A.J. Ewart--1
-Marcus Byrd--1
-Luke Clanton--1
-Emilio Gonzalez--1
-Pontus Nyholm--1
-Austin Smotherman--1
-Isaiah Salinda--1
-Mark Geddes--1
-Pi Coody--1
-Kris Ventura--1
-David Ford--1
-Jordan Smith--1
-Jeremy Paul--1
-Davis Chatfield--1
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