For the first time in the near 100-year history of the Ryder Cup, members of the U.S. team will be compensated for playing.

As Golfweek reported last month, players on the United States Ryder Cup team are set to be paid for next year’s biennial bash at Bethpage Black in New York. The Telegraph in London reported Wednesday the Americans will be paid roughly $400,000 per player, and that figure is likely to be ratified.

Members of the U.S. Ryder Cup team may be paid next year for playing at Bethpage Black.According to a report in The Telegraph, the PGA of America has a proposal that would pay each of the 12 U.S. players $400,

America’s Ryder Cup players look set to be paid for the first time in a break from a near 100-year tradition with Team USA in line to receive almost £4 million collectively for next year’s showdown in New York.

Talks of Americans getting paid for the Ryder Cup have been brewing for decades. In 1999 at Brookline, Massachusetts (one of the most famous Ryder Cup weekends in the event’s history), golfers including Tiger Woods voiced their opinions on players not being paid despite the event raking in several million dollars.

A report states that US Ryder Cup players will receive $400,000 each for competing. Is it really that big of a deal?