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Former President donald trump will play alongside two of the sport’s biggest stars at his course and club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Thursday’s LIV Golf Invitational.
The former president, who has praised the Saudi-backed golf tour for disrupting the PGA, will compete alongside stars DustinJohnson and Bryson DeChambeau.
The New York Post first reported:
Donald Trump will be posting at the LIV Golf Invitational at his Trump National Golf Course in Bedminster, New Jersey this week.
Trump being paired with DeChambeau and Johnson comes as little surprise. He has previously played with both in South Florida. DeChambeau’s bag also previously featured Trump’s logo.
DeChambeau and Johnson both left the PGA this summer for big money deals.
The controversial promoted league carried out Gregory Norman and was paid by the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia could also withdraw Bubba Watson On Wednesday.
Trump has played with some of the best golfers in the world throughout his time in public life. He played a round while he was President Rory McIlroy.
The former president has taken flak in recent weeks for allowing LIV and Norman to use his courses.
Families of Americans who died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks have asked him to distance himself from the League.
Trump recently tore up the PGA on TRUTH Social for being “disloyal” to players.
“All of these golfers who remain ‘loyal’ to the very disloyal PGA in all its various forms will pay a heavy price when the inevitable merger with LIV comes and you will receive nothing but a big ‘thank you’ from the PGA officials who Making millions of dollars a year,” he wrote.
The 2022 PGA Championship was to be played at Trump’s pitch in Bedminster. It was moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, four after the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
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