{"id":61517,"date":"2026-05-10T01:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T04:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/donald-trump-joins-his-son-eric-behind-bulletproof-glass-to-watch-liv-golf-event-in-virginia-days-after-telling-players-to-rejoin-the-pga-tour\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T01:52:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T04:52:00","slug":"donald-trump-joins-his-son-eric-behind-bulletproof-glass-to-watch-liv-golf-event-in-virginia-days-after-telling-players-to-rejoin-the-pga-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/donald-trump-joins-his-son-eric-behind-bulletproof-glass-to-watch-liv-golf-event-in-virginia-days-after-telling-players-to-rejoin-the-pga-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump joins his son Eric behind bulletproof glass to watch LIV Golf event in Virginia… days after telling players to rejoin the PGA Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By BEN NAGLE, US SPORTS EDITOR<\/a> <\/p>\n

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Donald Trump<\/a> headed out to his golf club<\/a> in Virginia<\/a> on Saturday to take in a few hours of LIV Golf’s latest tournament from behind bulletproof glass.<\/p>\n

The president’s motorcade arrived at the course and he was driven by golf cart to a specially-prepared VIP area alongside the course, where he was joined by his son Eric to take in some of the tournament.<\/p>\n

His appearance at LIV’s latest event comes just days after he had urged players from the Saudi-backed breakaway tour to return to the PGA Tour, creating a potentially-awkward environment for him at the Trump National course.<\/p>\n

LIV is enduring a difficult situation after the Saudi Public Investment Fund announced its intention to pull funding this summer, leaving bosses scrambling around to find enough cash to continue.<\/p>\n

Trump attended a PGA Tour event at his Miami Doral course last weekend, and on Thursday told reporters in the Oval Office<\/a> that LIV players returning to the PGA would be beneficial for the game.<\/p>\n

‘I do believe that all of the golfers should be playing against each other,’ he said. ‘They were viewing something as a monopoly, but it’s swaying away. It should be the opposite of a monopoly.<\/p>\n

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Donald Trump chats to his son Eric as he watches LIV Golf’s event at his Virginia course<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Trump stood behind bulletproof glass as he attended his second golf event in two weekends<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The president waved at the crowds as he was driven to a specially-prepared VIP area<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Eric Trump was seen chatting to officials in the VIP area on the third day of the tournament<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

‘I want to see Rory [McIlroy] playing Bryson DeChambeau. I want to see big Jon Rahm playing Scottie, who is so great. Scottie Scheffler is great.<\/p>\n

‘They have great players on LIV, but it’s almost like people want to see that. That’s why the Masters was so good, because you saw everybody together.<\/p>\n

‘The tour wants to have the best players. You can’t have the best player that they’re boycotting now. They may do something, you know, a little bit, but they’ll all be back on tour, and it’ll be great. I don’t know what’s happening with LIV.’<\/p>\n

A number of Trump’s courses have held LIV events in the past, and in August the players will travel to another in Bedminster, New Jersey.<\/p>\n

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The president has been vocal about his desire for LIV players to rejoin the PGA Tour<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A member of the US Secret Service stands guard during Trump’s visit to the course Saturday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Protestors stood near the course, demonstrating against Trump and the Saudi-backed series<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The motorcade carrying President Trump is seen on its way to the Trump National course<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

On Sunday, Trump took in the action alongside his son Eric, and shook hands with various officials from his vantage point on the course.<\/p>\n

Fox News reported that he also spoke with someone from Saudi’s Public Investment Fund while in attendance.<\/p>\n

In the tournament itself, Australia’s Lucas Herbert topped the leaderboard at the end of day three, four shots clear of Spain’s Sergio Garcia.<\/p>\n

Bryson DeChambeau, who was seen with Trump at the White House earlier this week, sits a few shots back in fifth place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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By BEN NAGLE, US SPORTS EDITOR Published: 17:50 EDT, 9 May 2026 | Updated: 00:52 EDT, 10 May 2026 Donald Trump headed out to his golf club in Virginia on Saturday to take in a few hours of LIV Golf’s latest tournament from behind bulletproof glass. The president’s motorcade arrived at the course and he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-donald-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}