Donald Trump shows true colors as LIV Golf star | Golf News

Donald Trump was concerned in another eye-catching second on the golf course after LIV Golf star Dean Burmester flagged him down as he drove past on a buggy at Trump National Golf Club in Virginia.

The clip shared by Burmester’s LIV Golf group, Southern Guards GC, shows Trump interacting warmly with gamers and spectators while attending the LIV Golf event hosted at one of his own properties.

Trump then praised the South African golfer, saying: “Way to go, Dean,” prompting Burmester to reply appreciatively once again. The dialog ended with Trump joking that he wished to play golf at Burmester’s stage, saying: “I want to play like you, Dean.” Burmester then laughed and replied: “Yeah, well, I want to play like him as old as he is.”

Trump has remained one of LIV Golf’s most vocal supporters since the breakaway tour launched, recurrently internet hosting occasions at his programs and publicly backing efforts to reunite the game’s largest stars.

LIV Golf Virginia is an event overshadowed by uncertainty surrounding the future of the previous Saudi-backed circuit after studies that the Public Investment Fund will withdraw financial help following the 2026 season.

Despite the continuing questions around LIV’s future, Trump has continued to advocate for reconciliation between LIV and the PGA Tour, lately stating that followers need to see the world’s best golfers competing together more recurrently.

“I do believe that all of the golfers, the great golfers, should be playing against each other,” Trump told reporters during a news convention on April 30. “I need to see Rory (McIlroy) taking part in Bryson DeChambeau. I need to see big Jon Rahm play Scottie (Scheffler), who’s so great. … That’s why the Masters were so good because you saw everybody together. 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.”

DeChambeau, who appeared alongside Trump in the Oval Office earlier this week for the announcement of the returning Presidential Fitness Test, lately admitted he may shift his focus toward his massively fashionable YouTube channel if LIV Golf had been to collapse after this season.

Uncertainty also continues to encompass the future of LIV gamers who beforehand left the PGA Tour, with no clear indication yet over what sanctions or restrictions they might face ought to they attempt to return if the Saudi-backed circuit’s future stays in doubt.

LIV will return to another Trump course later this 12 months, when it holds an event in Bedminster, New Jersey, in August.