Ryder Cup captain putting badly making little contribution (5)
I believe the answer is:
input
'contribution' is the definition.
(input means someone's contribution to something)
'ryder cup captain putting badly making little' is the wordplay.
'INPUT' is hidden within the letters.
However, I'm not sure how this is indicated.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for input that I've seen before include "Contribution - data fed to computer" , "Feed data into a computer" , "data-feed" , "Person's contribution (to activity); electrical signal" , "Signal fed to equipment" .)