Donald Trump smashes tee shot at Bedminster for LIV Golf Pro-Am at the leading Republican presidential candidate’s New Jersey course
- Trump National in Bedminster, NJ is hosting LIV Golf for the second year running
- Notwithstanding numerous indictments against him, Trump looked relaxed
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Former United States President Donald Trump has taken to the fairways at his Trump National course in Bedminster, NJ – teeing off in the pro-am Thursday morning.
Trump led his group off, which included LIV Golf star Patrick Reed, and seemingly smoked his first shot of the day.
During his round, Mail Sport filmed the 45th President driving on the course while taking a phone call.
The leading Republican candidate for the 2024 presidential election was always at Trump National Wednesday, briefly hitting some balls on the practice range before speaking with Bryson DeChambeau.
Former United States President Donald Trump took to the fairways at Trump National in N.J.
Mail Sport filmed the 45th President driving on the course while taking a phone call Thursday
Trump plays one out of the sand during the official pro-am at Trump National in Bedminster
LIV Golf are returning to Trump National (Bedminster) for the second time in as many years. LIV Bedminster 2.0 runs from August 11-13, with tee off beginning at 1.15pm ET.
Though, the Saudi-backed circuit are arriving with a far more concrete future ahead of them after agreeing to merge with the rival PGA Tour less than 12 months after PGA commissioner Jay Monahan told reporters that such an arrangement was ‘off the table.’
Monahan said Wednesday the PGA is on track to finalize its merger with Saudi backers and LIV Golf.
He was short on details of the proposed agreement with the media and players in his first meeting with them on Tuesday afternoon — mainly because negotiations are ongoing. Tour officials met with the Public Investment Fund last weekend.
Monahan was bullish that a deal would get done by the end of the year, and that the PGA Tour is not considering any outside investors at the moment.
LIV Golfer Anirban Lahiri urged media to relax as to the future of both circuits ahead of the seemingly inevitable merger.
‘I think everybody just needs to pump their brakes. Whatever happens happens. We are here playing LIV, enjoying it entirely, loving the team aspect, obviously making history, breaking new ground and creating a brand new golf product which is gaining momentum, and I’m enjoying being a part of this and looking forward to doing this for many, many seasons,’ he said Wednesday.
‘Whether PGA Tour fits into that plan, I don’t know. But this is Plan A. All of us have moved here with this being our primary place of practicing our profession. When and if and what happens, nobody really knows, but I think most of us are really happy here.
LIV Golf star Patrick Reed (L) played alongside the Republicans’ great hope for the ’24 election
As always, Trump was spotted wearing the hat for which he made both famous and infamous
The leading Republican presidential candidate greeting the crowd at a rally Tuesday in N.H.
While The Don was on the links up north, down in Florida two of his aides arrived a a federal court to enter pleas in a case accusing them of misleading investigators who were trying to recover classified documents that the former president took with him when he left office.
Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team has accused Trumps’ valet, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, a property manager at Mar-a-Lago, of conspiring with Trump to thwart a year-long investigation into his retention of the documents, which included some of the most closely held U.S. secrets.
Trump, who is set to face Democratic President Joe Biden for election in 2024, has pleaded not guilty to 40 counts of unauthorized retention of national defense information, obstruction of justice and false statements. He appeared at an arraignment in June.