“It’s like the Olympics”: Patrick Reed against Ryder Cup Players Payment | Ryder Cup

Patrick Reed believes his Americans will receive “unnecessary” participation in the upcoming fellow Americans Ryder Cup. Reed missed his fourth Ryder Cup appearance at Bethpage, and he also said Europe has the advantage of a more closely linked team.

American players plus captain Keegan Bradley will receive $500,000 (£368,300) – $300,000 (£221,000), which must be donated to charity to donate to Luke Donald’s Europe. The remaining $200,000 (£147,320) is marked as a allowance. About whether Bradley will treat himself as a player But it is still important. European teams have been insisting that they will not seek monetary rewards for their Ryder Cup appearances.

Reed, who had nicknamed Captain America on the Ryder Cup, fell to the European side in the debate. “I’ve never been in that game and cared about playing for money,” the former Masters champion said. “It’s all about playing, representing my country and trying to win the cup. It’s like going to the Olympics; every four years, it means playing there for your country. I want to play money or go to the Olympics.

“I really think it’s unnecessary. There are events where money absolutely doesn’t make sense, and that’s one of them. If you’re going to donate money to players, give it all to their charity or something like that. Do something good about it.”

Reed spoke after 69 openings at the PGA Championship in Wentworth. During his regular trips to this side of the Atlantic, he observed the bonds between European players. “They all had dinner together,” Reed said. “Here, the actual brotherhood and friendship are not in the United States. Here you are jumping to the country, not saying that it is about state. So traveling becomes more difficult.

“I feel like they’re here, growing up and everything is playing golf here. Even if you’re in high school, college, there’s not a lot of team formats. It’s a team format. It’s already out and playing individual balls. Calculate four, five scores and keep going. It’s definitely the advantage of them here, they’re here, friendly and the close connection of the group, but I feel like we’re at work.

Tom Vaillant and Ludvig Åberg set early steps in Surrey under eight shots. Thursday’s game stopped for 90 minutes in the afternoon due to the threat of lightning. Matt Fitzpatrick just hit the last hole when the sirens blew. What happened next helped the British.

“Dan, my caddie asked, ‘What happens if someone sniffed in the bushes and found your ball and decided to bag it?” I thought it was a great point because there had to be a big chance, so we called the referee and explained the situation and asked if we should be looking for the ball at the time, not taking risks.

“He put our balls to an estimated landing crowd. Several people there said they saw two little boys jumping into the bushes and exposing the golf ball. So we think the balance of probability is that that’s my ball and when we come back I’ll fall down there.

“I did six, but if I had to hit my temporary ball, it could be worse. So those two little thieves who got out with my ball might shoot for me.” Fitzpatrick signed 66.