Tiger Woods Wants U.S. Ryder Cup Players to Be Paid, Under One Condition

Tiger Woods, pictured during his vice captaincy at the 2016 Ryder Cup at Hazeltine, said he favors players getting a share of the event's substantial profits as long as the money goes to charity. | Rob Schumacher-Imagn Images

NASSAU, Bahamas — Tiger Woods is in favor of U.S. Ryder Cup team members sharing more in the immense profits the event generates but insisted it is always been about earmarking the money for charity.

Woods has plenty of experience with the matter and noted his own involvement going back to the 1999 Ryder Cup at Brookline, where the issue first caused controversy, with suggestions at the time that were quelled by then-captain Ben Crenshaw that there might be a player boycott.