The breakaway league will be staged at the former president’s course in New Jersey this weekend. Even his most ardent fans don’t appear entranced
But the former US president is nothing if not durable. And there he was on Wednesday night at the LIV Golf welcome gala at Manhattan’s Gotham Hall, taking in a performance by Nelly and kibitzing with Caitlyn Jenner and a cadre of the PGA Tour defectors whose adulation he craves. On Thursday, he was due to take part in the Pro-Am at Bedminster alongside DeChambeau and Johnson.to side with LIV against the PGA Tour.
in the September 11 attacks throughout his 2016 presidential run and decried the country’s abhorrent LGBTQ+ rights record during his final debate with Hillary Clinton. But he quickly warmed up to the Saudi regime after taking office, making a trip to Riyadh and laterbacking Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s denial of responsibility for the Khashoggi murder in defiance of US intelligence officials.
It remains unclear how much the former president’s company will earn for hosting this week’s event and LIV Golf’s October season finale at Doral, another Trump club outside Miami, but the move has attracted plenty of criticism. The 54-hole, no-cut competition will begin on Friday afternoon amid protests by 9/11 families at the public library in Bedminster four miles down the road from the sprawling 500-acre grounds of Trump National.
Whether the endeavour will deliver a return on the Saudi Public Investment Fund’s $2bn injection is anyone’s guess, though early indicators have left much to be desired. This week’s event, like the first two, has been relegated to YouTube, and there is no television deal in place.
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