SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER will not pocket any of his boosted Ryder Cup payday.
Since 1999, Team USA stars have been compensated for playing the tournament with $200,000 (£150,000) to donate to a charity of their choosing.
Scottie Scheffler will donate all of his Ryder Cup cash to charity[/caption]
This year, that has been bumped up to $500k (£370k) in total, with $300k (£220k) of it set aside for charity and the remaining $200k (£150k) heading to the players.
American competitors Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele have already pledged to donate the extra cash.
And Scheffler plans to follow suit.
The 29-year-old said: “My wife and I like to do a lot of stuff in our local community and I’ve never been one to announce what we do.
“I don’t like to give charitable dollars for some kind of recognition. We have something planned for the money that we’ll be receiving.
“I think it’s a really cool thing that the PGA of America has empowered us to do.
“I have a deep passion for the city of Dallas, I have a deep passion for the organisations that we support at home, and I’m excited to be able to take this money and be able to do some good in our local community.”
Some Team USA stars are yet to clarify whether they’ll also sacrifice their $200k (£150k) sweetener.
If all 12 players, plus captain Keegan Bradley, donate their earnings, a whopping $6.5m (£4.8m) would head to charitable causes.
But the concept of Ryder Cup players being paid has been criticised by some – including Team Europe skipper Luke Donald.
He said: “A couple hundred thousand dollars to them isn’t a lot of money in the grand scheme of things.
“Again, those weeks of the Ryder Cup, they are the best weeks. There’s so much more to them. We certainly don’t need any motivation or monetary rewards to get us up.”
Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele are also donating their extra $200k[/caption]
