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Reed slams plan to give US players £316k for making American team at Bethpage.

- BERNIE MCGUIRE

RYDER CUP panto villain Patrick Reed has ripped into a call for players on his own side to be paid for teeing up in the blockbuster event.

The American has issued a plea to earn a place on Keegan Bradley's team, albeit knows he's now at a disadvantage due to his LIV status. But Reed – who has not been a member of a USA team since Jim Furyk's Paris losing side in 2018 – is horrified by the suggestion Americans should be paid £316,000 for the honour of representing their country.

He said: "When you talk about being paid to play in a Ryder Cup, it's a slippery slope because there are six picks in the make-up for the US.

"If a guy ends up qualifying 10th or 11th or 12th and is passed over and someone else is picked, then those players have not only lost out in representing their country but lost out on 400,000 dollars.

"That is not what the Ryder Cup is ever about.