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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
Bob Harig

One Team Is Being Paid to Play This Ryder Cup, and the Other Is Using It as a Rallying Cry

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Members of the U.S. Ryder Cup team are holding firm in their comments about getting compensated to participate in this biennial event, an uncomfortable topic that was bound to be a hot subject this week at Bethpage Black.

U.S. players are getting paid, European players are not. An the issue that first became a source of contention more than 25 years ago still simmers beneath the surface.

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