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<\/p>\n Email Link<\/p>\n AP \n President Donald Trump says he will be at the opening round of the high-charged Ryder Cup next month in New York, and he thinks US captain Keegan Bradley should be playing<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n \n Trump posted Saturday night on his social media site<\/a> that he would be there on Friday, Sept. 26, for the start of three-day matches between the United States and Europe.\n <\/p>\n \n He said he was invited by the PGA Tour, making a common mistake distinguishing between the tour and the PGA of America, which runs the Ryder Cup in America. A PGA of America spokesman said the organization and Bradley invited Trump.\n <\/p>\n \n Already the most raucous event in golf, this Ryder Cup has more anticipation than usual because of the venue \u2014 the Black course at Bethpage State Park on New York\u2019s Long Island, a public course with a reputation for having the rowdiest fans<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n \n Given his passion for golf, it was expected Trump would make a presence at some point during the Ryder Cup. He met with PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and Tiger Woods earlier this year to try without success to solve the divide created by the breakaway, Saudi-funded LIV Golf. The PGA Tour announced this week it would return to Trump National Doral<\/a> in Florida next year for the first time in nearly a decade.\n <\/p>\n \n The added wrinkle to this Ryder Cup is Bradley, who is debating whether to become the first captain to play in the matches since Arnold Palmer in 1963.\n <\/p>\n \n Bradley, 39, is the youngest American captain since Palmer was 34. Whether he should play and maintain captain duties has been the subject of much debate, and Bradley has added to the intrigue by winning twice in the last year.\n <\/p>\n \n He shot 63 on Saturday \u2014 a few hours before Trump\u2019s post on Truth Social \u2014 to get into fourth place with a chance to win the season-ending FedEx Cup<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cKeegan Bradley should DEFINITELY be on the American Ryder Cup Team \u2014 As Captain!!! He is an AMAZING guy. It will be a great Ryder Cup,\u201d Trump wrote.\n <\/p>\n \n Trump, who attended the Super Bowl in February and most recently the final of the FIFA Club World Cup in New Jersey, is friendly with several prominent golfers. Bryson DeChambeau, who qualified for the US team, has played golf with Trump<\/a> and was the only golfer Trump appointed to the President\u2019s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n \n Bradley\u2019s decision on whether to play will come Wednesday when he announces his six captain\u2019s picks.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Facebook Tweet Email Link AP \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 President Donald Trump says he will be at the opening round of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-109133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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