Team USA captain Keegan Bradley during a press conference at the Bethpage Black Course. David Davies/PA Images/Getty Images New York Reuters —

Team USA captain Keegan Bradley defended a plan to pay US players at the Ryder Cup on Monday, arguing that the break from tradition at Bethpage Black in New York would bring the competition into “today’s age.”

US players will each get $500,000 – with $300,000 of that going to charity and the remaining $200,000 serving as a stipend – the PGA of America announced last year, an increase from the $200,000 that had been designated only for charity since 1999.

European Ryder Cup Team members do not get paid and Europe’s captain Luke Donald told members of the British media this week that the US players risk having the home crowd turn on them

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