Ryder Cup: Team USA fractured as Patrick Cantlay calls for players to be paid for featuring in Rome | Golf News

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 that 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.

The former FedExCup champion also refused to attend the gala dinner earlier in the week and, along with his close friend Xander Schauffele, is sitting is 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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