Trump turns LIV host as Navy SEALs drop in
DoNALD TRUMP will play in today’s LIV Golf pro-am before Navy SEALS parachute in to launch the £20million tournament at his New Jersey course. The former US president is hosting the third event of the controversial Saudi-backed breakaway at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster. He will partner Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau and his son Eric during today’s curtain-raiser. Then, from tomorrow, members of the Frog-X Navy SEAL Parachute Team will skydive on to the course to kick off each day’s action. Fans at the three-day event will also be able to enjoy a host of other wacky offerings. For example, the Eco Village offers supporters the chance to charge their mobile phones by pedalling a bike, chip balls into a canoe to raise money for local charities and watch a 3D printer create golf tees from recycled plastic. The ‘Zen Green Stage’ claims to be ‘golf ’s most advanced indoor playing surface’ where ‘any makeable putt on the planet’ can be recreated, while gamers can access virtual-reality exhibits via the Metaverse. Even the headline music act has been poached from the PGA Tour. The Chainsmokers were responsible for a now-infamous concert at the 2020 Players Championship and on Sunday they will perform at Bedminster. Trump is expected to be here throughout the week, despite families of 9/11 victims promising to protest the tournament over its links to Saudi Arabia. The controversial tour yesterday confirmed its Golf League will launch next year with 12 established teams competing in a 14-tournament schedule.