NEW YORK — The Ryder Cup is bracing itself for T-Day, the moment Donald Trump and the presidential entourage bear down on Bethpage like Ceasar returning to Rome. Frankly, the event and the law enforcement agencies could probably do without it.
From the sporting perspective, having Trump in your corner is not necessarily a good thing for the home team. He was booed a fortnight ago at the US Open tennis just down the road in Flushing Meadows for the disturbance he brought, forcing many to miss the start of the men’s singles final.
And on the other side of Manhattan in New Jersey he was an embarrassment at football’s Club World Cup in July, inserting himself into the middle of the celebrations, John Terry-like, after presenting the winner’s trophy to Chelsea.
At least both those spaces were straightforward to police. Defending a 1,500-acre green space in the heart of Long Island is nothing but logistical toil for security services charged with keeping public and POTUS safe.
Trump is expected to arrive late Friday morning ahead of the afternoon fourballs, which are scheduled to start at 12.25pm local time. Increased levels of security are already everywhere in evidence across the leafy suburb of Farmingdale and about the course. The airspace around New York will be restricted on Friday for the length of Trump’s visit, and the roads jammed, placing a premium on getting to the site early for the 50,000 ticket holders.
The man responsible for security, Major Stephen Udice of New York State Police, warned of a heightened risk following the death earlier this month of Trump supporter and political activist Charlie Kirk at a rally in Utah. “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 park, not a contained stadium,” he told the BBC.
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“If anything, the likelihood of somebody trying to use an event like this to make a statement is only increased. We recognise that this is a target. We have drones, several state police helicopters, chemical units, biological units, radiological units, numerous bomb-disposal dogs.”
Though this is a public course, the golfing audience is not an obviously MAGA crowd, which may prove awkward for a USA team reaching North Korean levels of fawning over the president. “I’m deeply honoured,” said USA skipper Keegan Bradley. “When you’re representing your country at a place like Bethpage Black in New York, having the president there to support you is something that is just absolutely incredible. I’m really grateful to him for doing that for us.”
World No 1 Scottie Scheffler joined in the cheerleading. “I think President Trump is a pretty busy guy. I’m just thrilled he’s going to be here. I really look forward to what that first tee is going to be like with the President on the tee. I think this first tee at Bethpage is going to be a sporting event to remember across any sport, and then you add on the President of the United States standing there, I really think it’s going to be something that everyone will remember forever.”
Yes, Scottie, but for what? The gates were opened to spectators for the first time on Tuesday to coincide with the first sighting on the course of the European players in game week. They were accompanied by their own security details to protect against any mischief that might occur. Since it was early in the morning, and beer prices start at $15 dollars a pop, the nuisance factor was low.
European stars like Jon Rahm have been on a charm offensive at Bethpage (Photo: AP)The worst of it on the first tee was directed at Jon Rahm playing in the third and final group. “Hey Rahmbo, where’s the Ozempic?” Rahm, big unit that he is, laughed then smacked his drive over the dog leg to position A. Thereafter he skipped down the slope towards the screaming autograph hunters lining the fairway, with whom he stopped for selfies.
Up ahead Tommy Fleetwood handed out signed caps to kids gathered about the fourth tee. This was strategy playing out, part of the charm offensive conceived by skipper Luke Donald to get the locals onside. “We’re the visitors,” Donald said. “We’re trying to just be respectful to the crowd and just do whatever we can to be our best selves and play our best golf.
“I’m very lucky as a captain; this isn’t a team I’ve had to really try and form. But I feel like we have a bunch of really solid guys with good values. They’re out there to be entertaining. They’re out there to play great golf. They understand how important the fans are.”
Come Friday, those fans might be Europe’s secret weapon, pushed into the arms of the opposition by the shameless vainglory of Trump.
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