The PGA of America is facing backlash and accusations of pricing out fans, with a single day ticket for the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York, costing just under US$750.
Golf fans can attempt to purchase tickets by entering the event鈥檚 Random Selection.
If successfully selected for an opportunity to buy a ticket, entry to any of the Cup鈥檚 three competition days will set you back $749.51 per person.
Prices for practice days earlier in the week start at US$255.27.
These 鈥淩yder Cup+鈥� tickets give attendees 鈥渁ccess to unlimited food and non-alcoholic beverages at all market concessions throughout the grounds and no extra cost,鈥� according to the Ryder Cup website. For comparison, a in the first round of next year鈥檚 PGA Championship is currently available for US$219.
Meanwhile, general admission tickets for the at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club near Rome were between 鈧�50 (US$52.97) and 鈧�60 (US$63.56) for the practice days, 鈧�250 (US$264.83) for Friday and Saturday tickets and 鈧�260 (US$275.42) for Sunday.
The PGA of America has received criticism online for the steep prices.
鈥淚 would like to go on the record now and say that if Europe wins the Ryder Cup at Bethpage because the crowds were turned into a polite snooze fest like LACC (Los Angeles Country Club) by the insane ticket prices, it鈥檚 going to go down as a massive own goal,鈥� golf journalist Kevin Van Valkenburg , formerly known as Twitter.
鈥淚 need to sign a LIV deal so I can afford Ryder Cup tickets,鈥� GOLF.com鈥檚 Claire Rogers.
The prices have also not gone down well with fans.
鈥淲hat are better things to do with your money than pay this amount for Ryder Cup Tickets? Seriously, the Ryder Cup is not good from a spectator鈥檚 standpoint. I guess even the Ryder Cup is not immune from inflation,鈥� .
鈥淭his is going to be 90 per cent corporate buyers. Nobody normal is paying US$800 for a Ryder cup ticket,鈥� .
CNN has reached out to the PGA of America for comment.
The Ryder Cup is held every two years and pits Europe and the USA against each other as two teams made up of the biggest names in men鈥檚 golf clash for the chance to earn bragging rights in an iconic rivalry.
Team Europe is the reigning champion after it held off a late comeback from the Americans to win 16.5 - 11.5 in Rome, Italy, last year.
