
Numerous constituencies are irked about ticket prices for the 2025 Ryder Cup, a stout $749 per day that’s equivalent to fees for nine weekend rounds at Bethpage Black, or the beer budget for a couple foursomes of its habitués. The most vocal are golf fans who are feeling gouged or simply priced out, and commentators (at least those not proudly in the tank for the PGA of America), who see pricing wholly at odds with both the municipal ethos of the venue and the ‘grow the game’ mandate of the organizers.