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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Bryan Armen Graham at Trump National Golf Club

Henrik Stenson leads LIV event but Donald Trump circus steals limelight

Donald Trump gestures toward Henrik Stenson after the second-round leader played the 16th hole.
Donald Trump gestures toward Henrik Stenson after the second-round leader played the 16th hole. Photograph: Seth Wenig/AP

It didn’t take long for the barely veiled political undertones surrounding the LIV Golf tournament at Donald Trump’s Bedminster golf club to burst to the fore on Saturday afternoon.

The several hundred spectators filling the grandstand behind the first tee erupted into rollicking chants of “Four more years!” that resounded across the grounds when the former US president emerged in a white polo shirt and red Make America Great Again cap to watch the leading group of Henrik Stenson, Patrick Reed and Phachara Khongwatmai begin their second rounds after the horn sent off the shotgun start at quarter past one.

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