Joel Dahmen calls out Ryder Cup’s ‘insane’ ticket prices

It looks like there's no stopping the criticism of the 2025 Ryder Cup ticket prices. Joel Dahmen is the latest name to question the 'insane' pricing of next year's event tickets.

Last week, the PGA of America announced the ticket pricing for the 2025 Ryder Cup. For the three-day action at Bethpage Black, fans will have to spend more than double what they did for last year's edition in Rome. Each day's ticket costs $750 per person, which is four times more than in 2021, the last time the US hosted the event.

On Monday, October 21, Joel Dahmen shared his views on the high ticket prices for next year's Ryder Cup.

"Have you seen the insane ticket prices to next year's Ryder Cup?! Lemme see if I can pull some strings here," he wrote on X.

While the ticket prices are receiving a lot of criticism from fans and experts, PGA of America director Bryan Karns has come to their defense. He compared the biennial event to the World Series and the NBA Finals, referring to it as a Tier 1 event.

"When we look at pricing, we are able to tap into data from all these different venues," Karns told SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio. "Our partner, Delaware North, they operate the Boston Bruins, the Boston Celtics, they operate Lambeau Field.

"We are able to see what do people pay, so that really drove this, too. And, again, our position in this landscape, where do we see ourselves, I think that's the reality," he added.

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Smylie Kaufman slams the high ticket pricing for the 2025 Ryder Cup

Former PGA Tour professional-turned-analyst Smylie Kaufman recently criticized the high ticket prices for the 2025 Ryder Cup.

"This is pricing out the target audience that I feel like would make the atmosphere go from one level to the next," he said on the latest episode of the Smylie Show. "And that's the generation that the millennials, the people that are in their thirties and the twenties.

"It's, you know, starting a family or people that are just getting out of college, the people that are going to create some energy in this thing, those are the folks that are going to have, you know, go out there, drink some beer, have a good time with their buddies."

He said that while attending the biennial event was a 'bucket list' experience, it didn't need to be this costly. He added that if it were up to him, he would have limited the price to $250–$300.

Tickets for the Bethpage Black event will go on sale starting next month, and the event is scheduled to take place from September 23 to 28 next year.