For a high-profile tournament playing out under the banner of "golf, but louder,” it’s been a quiet few days.
The Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series, a controversial project to many, marked its debut in the eastern United States with a much-hyped appearance at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey. A one-hour drive from Manhattan, former U.S. President Donald Trump’s lush, 520-acre property failed to attract the thousands of fans on Saturday that would typically swarm the fairways, merchandise tents and food venues of a pro event on the PGA Tour.
Brian Goodman, a 40-year-old spectator from New Jersey who attended a PGA event in Charleston, South Carolina, during the COVID-19 pandemic, expressed surprise at the mild turnout. "There were more people at that than there are probably right now,” he said.
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