Patrick Cantlay questioned why Team USA players were not being paid to feature in Rome; Cantlay and close friend Xander Schauffele are believed to be sitting in a separate area of the team dressing room
Last Updated: 30/09/23 10:19am
Patrick Cantlay (right) played alongside Xander Schauffele on Saturday morning in Rome
Team USA have been embroiled in an internal dispute during the Ryder Cup after Patrick Cantlay questioned why players were not being paid to feature in Rome.
Sky Sports understands Cantlay’s behaviour has caused a rift within Zach Johnson’s team room at Marco Simone GC, where USA trailed by a record-equalling margin on the opening day.
Cantlay believes players should be paid to participate in the Ryder Cup and demonstrated his frustration at not being paid by refusing to wear a team cap during the Saturday foursomes, having been paid to play in last year’s Presidents Cup.
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Nicolas Colsaerts whipped up the Ryder Cup crowd on the first tee ahead of day two at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome
The former FedExCup champion, along with his close friend Xander Schauffele, are believed to be sitting in a separate area of the team dressing room.
Before the Ryder Cup it was widely reported that the same pair were the ones refusing to allow Netflix cameras access to the team room, with both players also missing from Team USA’s pre-event scouting mission to Rome earlier in September.
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Scheffler reduced to tears after record defeat
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World number one Scottie Scheffler was in tears after he and Brooks Koepka suffered a record 9&7 loss to Ludvig Aberg and Viktor Hovland
World No 1 Scottie Scheffler was reduced to tears after he and Brooks Koepka suffered a record-breaking defeat against Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Åberg in the Saturday foursomes.
The American pair were five over inside the opening three holes and slumped to a 9&7 loss, which smashed the previous record foursomes win of 7&6 and is the largest margin of 18-hole victory in Ryder Cup history.
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Ludvig Aberg and Viktor Hovland set a Ryder Cup record as they thrashed Scottie Scheffler and Brooks Koepka with a 9&7 win on day two
Europe were three up after three despite being over par and took the fourth hole when Åberg almost made a hole-in-one, with the home pair birdieing the sixth and then winning four consecutive holes from the eighth to complete a dramatic victory.
“We were playing two strong guys – the No 1 in the world and a five-time major champion – and we did not give them anything,” Hovland said. “We played really, really solid. I don’t think we could have done a lot better.”
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