American golfers Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay said Tuesday they plan to donate all money they receive from playing in the Ryder Cup to charity, hoping to quiet “noise” over the matter.

United States captain Keegan Bradley has defended his players being paid $500,000 by the PGA of America to compete, most of the funds designated for charitable donations.

It’s a contrast with Europe players, who stressed to captain Luke Donald they wanted no money for playing in the event, which will be contested for the 45th time starting Friday at Bethpage Black.

“This event is very good at generating lots of noise and that’s not going to help any of us put points on the board,” Cantlay said.

“We need to put 100% of our focus on playing the best golf we can and let the noise be exactly what it

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