Donald Trump: 'Saudi is doing great things for golf'
This week, LIV Golf Invitational Series about Trump National Bedminster, and the owner personally participated in the Pro-Am round (professional and amateur) on July 28. Before that friendly, Trump said on ESPN: "I have known the Saudi friends for a long time. They invest in many American companies, and to be honest, what they are doing for golf is great."
On July 18, Trump helped Liv Golf Invitational Series attract players from PGA Tour via social network Truth Social. He also warned: "All golfers are also loyal to the PGA Tour will pay a high price when this arena merged with Liv Golf. The grace from PGA tour officials are earning millions of dollars each year. "
Recently, Trump also weighed the attraction of PGA Tour and Liv Golf Invitational Series. "Many players do not like PGA Tour for a long time. Now they have a new arena and no one imagines that place to create a rush to find gold," the former US president said.
Each LIV Golf Invitational Series has a $ 25 million bonus fund of $ 20 million in individual sticks, of which four million for the champion, and five million dollars for the team content. Golfers at the bottom of the personal table also received $ 120,000.
After the Pro-Am round with Trump at the National Bedminster, Bryson Dechambeau A-list golfers at PGA Tour said he was proud to fight the group with the US president, whether former or an incumbent. According to Dechambeau, Trump is good at golf, especially the ability to use iron sticks and deceiving the ball. "He always said, 'no president can hit me," American golfers said.
LIV Golf Invitational Series Bedminster started on July 29. After the first round, Dechambeau stood T25 (Even Par Point) while the top of the table -7 belonged to Henrik Stenson and Patrick Reed.
In addition to this tournament, the Trump National Doral Stadium in Miami will also host the big final of the tournament group operated with the majority of money from the Saudi Public Investment Fund through LIV Golf Investments founder by the legendary Golf Greg Norman and CEO. The lower stage spends US $ 30 million for the top 3 individuals of the entire schedule, $ 50 million for teammates.
LIV Golf Invitational Series is a threat in the eyes of PGA Tour and DP World Tour (the new name of European Tour) and has a reputation to help Saudi to fill the bad reputation of human rights-gender equality.
The opening season of 2022 has eight prizes, of which five stages in the US with a total bonus of $ 255 million. Each stage has 48 players divided into 12 teams. In the first season, they must constantly recruit more members and disturb the teams.
But next year, the total LIV Golf Invitational Series will be up to $ 405 million for 14 stages. The tournament still gathered 12 groups, but fixed the squad in which the captain recruited himself from the beginning. Accordingly, all 48 golfers will attend the entire schedule, still three rounds for each tournament, with destinations in North America, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Middle East and Europe. In addition to the Practice Program, LIV Golf will organize 25 international prizes for members to relegation, or recruit rookies for the next season.
