As Golfweek reported last month, players on the United States Ryder Cup team are set to be paid for next year’s biennial bash at Bethpage Black in New York. The Telegraph in London reported Wednesday the Americans will be paid roughly $400,000 per player, and that figure is likely to be ratified.

Sky Sports pundit Paul McGinley says paying Ryder Cup players is 'wrong on a lot of levels' but most notably seeing money diverted away from grassroots golf

Former Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley has backed Rory McIlroy after the Northern Irishman voiced his disapproval at reports that American players will get paid to compete in next year’s contest. European and US players have long competed in the biennial match play competition for free despite the large swathes of money that the event brings in.