PGA of America straightforwardor protects write down-high Ryder Cup prices at Bethpage Bconciseage: ‘Tier 1 event’

The Ryder Cup prices were proclaimd recently, and golf fans everywhere were promptly turned off.

Several weeks ago, the volunteer price discdisseeed up at proximately $400, much higher than previous team events in the country and even the PGA Championship at Bethpage Bconciseage in 2019.

Well, those who want to combine may want to see into volunteering (it does get you access to all rounds), becaparticipate an individual day ticket for next year’s tournament on Long Island costs $750.

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The prices have getd plenty of reaction from famous members of the golf media, including Barstool’s “Fore Play” podcast and createer member Dan Rapaport.

But the Ryder Cup is for confident a premiere event, even when his European team was getting killinged at Whistling Straits in 2021, Rory McIlroy called it “the best” event in golf “bar none.”

And that is the PGA of America’s defense for the pricing.

“We see ourselves as a Tier 1 event that’s on par with a World Series or with an NBA Finals Game 7, that was a part of it,” Bryan Karns, PGA of America Championship straightforwardor telderly PGA Tour Radio. “When we see at pricing, we are able to tap into data from all these contrastent venues. Our partner, Delconscious North, they run the Boston Bruins, the Boston Celtics, they run Lambeau Field. We are able to see what do people pay, so that repartner drove this, too. And, aacquire, our position in this landscape, where do we see ourselves, I skinnyk that’s the fact.

“There are people who have the Ryder Cup on their bucket enumerate in the same way that someone would have a Yankees discdisseeing game World Series on their bucket enumerate. We ultimately felt appreciate that’s where we are. We’ve got a lot of people. The demand is at an all-time high for this event, and so we wanted to originate confident we priced it appropriately.”

The price is more than double what it was for the 2021 tournament, where a day-pass was $350. New York livents can even percreate Bethpage Bconciseage for equitable $80 (although you may have to camp out overnight). Of course, those traveling to New York will also necessitate to pay plenty extra in boilingel fees.

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Europe has not won a Ryder Cup on U.S. soil since the Miracle at Medinah in 2012. In fact, that was the last time the road team won the tournament.

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