
If Scottie Scheffler appears inevitable in 2025 following a strong showing in the Bahamas, so, too, does the issue of pay-for-play among U.S. Ryder Cup team players.
With a chance to squelch such talk and perhaps return the narrative to some other money-related issue, those queried at the Hero World Challenge—including PGA Tour Policy Board member Tiger Woods—instead played a semantics game that is bound to keep the issue at the forefront, with an unsatisfactory ending for all but those who get enriched further.