Your Wallet vs The Ryder Cup: A Fans’ Guide

Heading to the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage? 

Tickets 

A one-day grounds pass will set you back about $750 at face value. That’s before the secondary-market frenzy, where prices can soar like a Rory McIlroy tee shot. Practice-day tickets are cheaper (around $255-$424), so if you only want to gawk at swings and snag selfies, that’s your budget option. 

This is the part of the price list turning heads - especially when you remember that a Masters ticket is about $140 a day, and their iconic $1.50 sandwiches add to the charm.

Food and soft drinks

You'll find the real shock to the system at the bar. A 16-ounce beer? Around $15. Feeling fancy with a 25-ounce can? $18. Premium pints sneak past $16, cocktails hover between $17.50 and $19.50, and a flute of Moët will drain $22 faster than a downhill six-footer. 

Merch

Not as bad as you might have thought for this section. Souvenir polos check in at about $90, while a coffee mug or pint glass is a more modest $15-20, perfect for proving to your mates you really were there (or at least for a photo-op back home). 

So yes, the Ryder Cup is golf’s ultimate team showdown. It’s also an endurance test for your credit card. Bring team spirit, your phone for those “I was there” pics, and maybe a second mortgage if you fancy more than one round of drinks. 

At least the memories, like that first deafening cheer when Europe or the US sinks a winning putt, are completely priceless. And unlike that $18 beer, they’ll last forever.