The stories about Ryder Cup players who want to be paid do not stop. Golf legends and famous names decided to react to the latest rumors that the US Team could be funded by the PGA Tour of America with $400,000 each. On the other hand, European golfers will probably not be paid, and several of them reacted to that.
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They don't seem frustrated or angry about it, considering it an honor to represent the European team.
Interestingly, some of them do not even want compensation, considering that it is more important that the money from the European Tour goes to the development of the Tour of the same name.
The well-known name of the golf world, Sir Nick Faldo, in an interview with the Telegraph, pointed out that if the US players think that money will be the main motive for them, then so be it.
If a few of the US team feel that being paid is what they need to give 100 per cent for their team, then so be it, Faldo said, as quoted by Golf Monthly.
The 67-year-old Englishman achieved enormous success in his career, achieved great things, and left a lasting impression. Based on his career and some of the moments, the famous Faldo admits that the biggest motivation for him was to leave the room with popular names and try to win points for the European team. Sir Nick Faldo was the strongest weapon of his team for many years. His importance for the European team was enormous.
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For me, there was no better feeling or motivation to walk out of the team room with my fellow players, like Seve, Ollie, Bernhard, Woosie, Monty to name a few, on a simple mission of winning a point for our team, no other motivation was needed."- Sir Nick Faldo continued.
The Englishman nostalgically remembers 1995 and the moment when he won key points for the team, considering it a much more important thing than being compensated with money for effort and success. Faldo certainly belongs to the old school of golf, and he is a golfer who has always valued tradition, prestige, and success more than money. Sir Nick Faldo still has that attitude today as he wants the world of golf to go in the right direction, regardless of everything that has happened in previous years.
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Sir Nick Faldo shares his views on golf
Nick Faldo is not satisfied with many things and happenings on the golf scene today, he wants the future to be completely different. The 67-year-old golfer wants golf to have more tournaments in the matchplay format, as they expect that it will bring the kind of excitement that fans have been missing for a long time. The changes that are occurring on the golf scene are interesting, and a change like this would certainly generate a positive reaction, and perhaps even positive changes.
We need more matchplay tournaments, - he said.
We really do. I know TV hates it because you could lose all your superstars on day one, but if we had half a dozen matchplay tournaments, it would even itself out, wouldnt it?"
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Faldo looked back on some past times, when World Match Play attracted huge attention, and brought golf fans what they wanted. However, the organizers of the tournament went in the wrong direction, and with innovations, they probably ruined everything they built.
An experienced face of the golf scene has a solution for such a situation. More strictly, it would mean 64 players, who would play elimination matches. They would play 36 times every day.
The good old World Match Play was such a great event. It really was. But then they got all panicky. You know, round-robin, you can lose and still win. It was ridiculous. Just get on with it.
Get 64 guys and go wallop, wallop, wallop. They should be playing 36 holes every day, shouldnt it? Kick them out the door and tell them to go play. I think that would work.- he continued.
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According to many, the Masters is the biggest golf tournament that all those who start their professional careers dream of winning. Sir Nick Faldo remembers the Matchplay tournament with nostalgia. Fans, as well as golfers, were eagerly waiting for when they would play, considering that the drama and tension that prevailed then was really special.
In the sequel, the Englishman admits that all the golfers were maximally motivated until the end, given that elimination was the scenario they were most afraid of at the beginning. Faldo wants to see such things again in the world of golf, believing that such risk and competition would be a guarantee of success for the future of golf.
