Presidents Cup Players Get a Quarter-Million Dollars Just to Show Up. The Crowd Still Wouldn’t Clap.
Every player, captain, and assistant captain at this week’s Presidents Cup collected a $250,000 check before a single putt dropped. Add up both rosters and that’s $8.5 million handed out for an event that still bills itself as an exhibition played for pride, not pay. Nobody bothered updating the pitch. The money itself isn’t new. …
