Donald Trump hits the tee at Bedminster at the LIV Golf Pro-Am at the leading Republican presidential candidate’s golf course in New Jersey
- Trump National in Bedminster, New Jersey will host LIV Golf for the second year in a row
- Despite numerous charges against him, Trump seemed relaxed
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Former United States President Donald Trump walked onto the fairways of his Trump National golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey, Thursday morning and made the pro-am tee shot there.
Trump led his group, which included LIV golf star Patrick Reed, and seemingly smoked his first shot of the day.
During his lap, Mail Sport filmed the 45th President driving around the track while answering a phone call.
The leading Republican nominee for the 2024 presidential election was always present at Trump National on Wednesday and briefly hit a few balls on the practice field before speaking with Bryson DeChambeau.
Former US President Donald Trump entering the fairways of Trump National in New Jersey
Mail Sport filmed the 45th President driving around the track while answering a phone call on Thursday
LIV Golf returns to Trump National (Bedminster) for the second time in as many years. LIV Bedminster 2.0 will run August 11-13, kicking off at 1:15pm ET.
However, Saudi Arabia-backed racing has a far more concrete future ahead of it after agreeing to a merger with the rival PGA Tour, less than 12 months after PGA commissioner Jay Monahan told reporters that such an agreement was “off the table ” be.
Monahan said Wednesday the PGA is on track to complete its merger with Saudi backers and LIV Golf.
In his first meeting with the media and players on Tuesday afternoon, he offered little detail on the proposed deal with the media and players – mostly as negotiations are still ongoing. Tour guides met with the Public Investment Fund last weekend.
Monahan expressed optimism that a deal would be finalized by the end of the year and that the PGA Tour is not currently considering outside investors.
LIV golfer Anirban Lahiri urged the media to relax ahead of the seemingly inevitable merger on the future of both courses.
“I think everyone just has to put on the brakes.” Whatever happens, will happen. We play LIV here, enjoy it to the fullest, love the team aspect, of course making history, breaking new ground and developing a brand new golf product that is gaining momentum and I enjoy being a part of it and look forward to it to do this for many, many seasons,” he said Wednesday.
“I don’t know if the PGA Tour fits into that plan.” But that’s Plan A. We all moved here because it’s our primary location for doing our jobs. Nobody really knows when and if and what will happen, but I think most of us are really happy here.
The leading Republican presidential nominee saluted the crowd at a rally Tuesday in New Hampshire
While The Don was cruising north, two of his associates arrived in federal court down in Florida to file suits in a case alleging they misled investigators trying to recover classified documents belonging to the former President had taken with him when he left office.
Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team have accused Trump’s valet Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, a real estate manager in Mar-a-Lago, of conspiring with Trump to thwart a year-long investigation into his keeping of the documents, which include some of the Documents were among the most closely guarded US secrets.
Trump, who will face Democratic President Joe Biden in the 2024 election, has pleaded not guilty to 40 counts of unauthorized storage of national defense information, obstruction of justice and false testimony. He appeared at an indictment hearing in June.