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“In an event of this size, with the attention that this is going to get around the world, we also recognise that this is a target.”

Major Udice assured people planning to attend the event, which is able to see Team USA and Europe go head to head for one of golf’s grandest prizes, that “a tremendous amount of resources” had been allotted to guarantee people’s security.

But he also gave an insight into the size of the problem going through him and his officers due to the sheer dimension of the golf course.

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“It is on par with a Super Bowl and a World Series, but what makes this even more challenging is that it’s in a 1,400-acre park, not a contained stadium,” he explained.

“We have drones, we’re going to have several state police helicopters, we have chemical units, biological units, radiological units, numerous bomb-disposal dogs.”

The security operation can be significantly intense on Friday, with President Donald Trump set to attend the event at Bethpage Black.

The opening tee pictures can be hit at 7:10 a.m. ET, and President Trump’s arrival has been delayed until later in the morning after his attendance at the U.S. Open tennis remaining brought on chaos and delays earlier this month.