Shane Lowry has made his feelings clear after it emerged Team USA will pay its players at the 2025 Ryder Cup following the controversy in Rome last year when Patrick Cantlay became a pantomime villain

The United States Ryder Cup team are set to be paid to represent their country for the very first time at Bethpage Black in 2025.

European Ryder Cup chiefs face pressure to pay players for the first time after it emerged that the US team are set to receive almost £4m for taking part in next year’s match. The PGA of America is proposing to pay each of the 12 golfers on the US team at Bethpage Black $400,

America’s Ryder Cup players look set to be paid for the first time in a break from a near 100-year tradition with Team USA in line to receive almost £4 million collectively for next year’s showdown in New York.