Presidents Cup captains and gamers are not mandated to make charitable donations with the cash they obtain for collaborating, in accordance with a Golfweek report.
As an alternative, the report signifies, the 24 gamers, captains and assistant captains from this 12 months’s matches at Royal Montreal and the 2022 Presidents Cup at Quail Hole have been every awarded $250,000 stipends, which could possibly be used for any goal. It is a shift from the earlier mannequin, which allowed gamers to earmark their portion of income, beforehand $150,000, to charities of their selection.
“As a part of the Tour’s general complete compensation program, distributions for the Presidents Cup have been adjusted to mirror the altering panorama of charitable giving, permitting gamers and captains the flexibleness to assist their respective foundations or private charitable priorities,” the Tour mentioned in an announcement to Golfweek.
As Golfweek additional explains:
Previous to 2022, every participant, captain and captain’s assistant acquired $150,000 to provide to a charity/charities of their selection. Beginning in 2022, gamers and captains obtain $250,000 of which they’re able to use as they see match and will not be required to reveal how or the place they direct the funds. In keeping with a number of members of Workforce USA, this resolution was made to unburden the Tour from having to coordinate and reimburse the entire journey bills for the assist groups – coaches, trainers, household, and many others. – and put the onus again on the participant to make the preparations out of their stipend.
Eventually 12 months’s Ryder Cup in Rome, every participant acquired $200,000 that they might donate to charity. That quantity, Golfweek says, is predicted to extend, both matching or exceeding the $250,000 mark, whereas additionally changing into a stipend for the 2025 matches at Bethpage Black.
