{"id":253775,"date":"2025-09-25T14:20:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T14:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/253775\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T14:20:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T14:20:15","slug":"donald-trump-heads-to-the-ryder-cup-embraced-by-a-golf-world-that-once-shunned-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/253775\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump heads to the Ryder Cup, embraced by a golf world that once shunned him"},"content":{"rendered":"

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) \u2014 Four years ago, President Donald Trump was persona non grata in the professional golf world, ostracized from the sport he loves in the wake of the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. The PGA of America pulled his chance to host its major championship<\/a> and officials in his hometown, New York City, tried ousting his company<\/a> from the golf course it had hired him to run.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Trump will be front and center at the Ryder Cup<\/a> at Bethpage Black \u2014 welcomed to the first day of competition by the very powers that once shunned him. The Ryder Cup is run by the PGA of America, the organization that yanked its 2022 PGA Championship from his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf course.<\/p>\n

U.S. captain Keegan Bradley said he\u2019s \u201cdeeply honored\u201d that Trump will be there to cheer on his squad. European captain Luke Donald said the president\u2019s attendance \u201cjust shows how big the Ryder Cup is,\u201d calling it a \u201cmark of respect,\u201d even if he\u2019s rooting for the other side.<\/p>\n

Trump, a Republican, will be the first sitting U.S. president to attend the biennial U.S.-Europe clash in its nearly 100-year history. <\/p>\n

During his first term, he dropped in on the final day of the 2017 Presidents Cup<\/a> at Liberty National in New Jersey.<\/p>\n

His visit, expected in the late morning or early afternoon when the tournament is well underway, will mean extra security screenings in the areas where Trump is expected to be \u2014 near the clubhouse and first tee \u2014 and restrictions on what fans can bring. No rangefinders, laptops or tablets.<\/p>\n

European stalwart Justin Rose predicted even more of a ruckus around the usually rowdy first tee when Trump is around. It\u2019ll be a \u201cvery intense and entertaining\u201d afternoon, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, he\u2019s going to bring certainly a lot of attention and patriotism to the event,\u201d Rose said. \u201cIt\u2019s great for golf that he\u2019s engaged in the game and obviously he brings a lot of eyeballs with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

But, U.S. and European players and captains alike say Trump\u2019s presence won\u2019t distract them from their overriding mission: beating the other guys. Rose even joked that Trump is invited to come back on Sunday and congratulate Team Europe, should the visitors win.<\/p>\n

For Trump, an avid golfer, his Ryder Cup trip will be the culmination of a remarkable turnaround in his relationship with the sport \u2014 and in the sport\u2019s relationship with him.<\/p>\n

Next year, the Blue Monster course at his Doral resort near Miami will return to the PGA Tour schedule<\/a> for the first time in a decade. Trump\u2019s courses in Scotland and Ireland have or are slated to host European tour events. And, since his return to office in January, he hosted Tiger Woods, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and the head of Saudi Arabia\u2019s sovereign wealth fund in an unsuccessful attempt to fix golf\u2019s PGA Tour-LIV Golf schism. <\/p>\n

Three Trump-owned courses have hosted LIV events.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m deeply honored that the president of the United States is going to come support our team at the Ryder Cup,\u201d Bradley said. \u201cI think anytime you can be around a current president is a pretty phenomenal thing, but when you\u2019re representing your country at a place like Bethpage Black in New York, having the president there to support you is something that is just absolutely incredible. I\u2019m really grateful to him for doing that for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The feeling seems mutual. In a Truth Social post last month announcing his tournament visit, Trump praised Bradley as \u201can AMAZING guy\u201d and said \u201cIt will be a great Ryder Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, Trump is close with several U.S. players, including Sam Burns, Bryson DeChambeau and top-ranked Scottie Scheffler. Last year, Trump appeared on DeChambeau\u2019s \u201cCan I Break 50?\u201d YouTube series, racking up more than 16 million views. Scheffler, who also has played golf with Trump, said he\u2019ll sometimes get a congratulatory call or text from him after a win.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe just loves the game of golf, and he\u2019s one of those guys when you\u2019re around him, he does such a good job of, like, feeding confidence into everybody around him,\u201d Scheffler said. He said he wasn\u2019t aware of any plans for Trump to address the U.S. team, \u201cbut I\u2019m sure if things go well, we\u2019ll hear from him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump has been on a run of attending major sporting events, showing up at the Club World Cup final in New Jersey in July, the U.S. Open men\u2019s final in Queens in September and addressing the New York Yankees in their clubhouse before a game in the Bronx on Sept. 11. He\u2019s also attended various UFC fights and is planning to stage one at the White House next year.<\/p>\n

Now he\u2019s headed to the heart of Long Island, where he won both counties in last year\u2019s election. Already this week, several \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d hats have been spotted in the crowd during Ryder Cup practice rounds. But, just like the European team, politicians aren\u2019t immune from jeers. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, was booed when she was introduced at Wednesday\u2019s opening ceremony.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really look forward to what that first tee is going to be like with the president on the tee,\u201d Bradley said. \u201cI think this first tee at Bethpage is going to be a sporting event to remember across any sport, and then you add on the president of the United States standing there, I really think it\u2019s going to be something that everyone will remember forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

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