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When Donald Trump played in the pro-am leading up to the LIV Golf Series event on his course at Bedminster, N.J., this summer, his group was the only one with carts — most of them occupied by a large group of Secret Service that tailed the former president.
Trump offered tips on how to play the course to Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau and several times he praised the course. Unprompted.
Expect the same next Thursday with Trump scheduled to play in the pro-am the day before LIV’s final event of the season starts at Trump National Doral on Oct. 28.
The pro-am is not open to the public.
Trump’s group will play 18 holes with two pros, one each on the front and back nine. He played with Johnson and DeChambeau at Bedminster in July and his group was 6-under, one stroke off the lead. The pros in Trump’s group at Doral will be determined Wednesday.
“It was an honor,” DeChambeau said following his nine holes with Trump in July. “I mean, anytime you get to play with a president, whether past or sitting, it’s just an honor, no matter who it is. Very lucky to have a relationship with him and he’s always been generous to me.
Trump has aligned himself with LIV, the breakaway tour financed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, partly because of his disdain for the PGA Tour. Two of LIV’s eight events in its inaugural season will have been held on Trump properties and LIV’s schedule could include more Trump courses next season as it expands to 14 events.
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