Outspoken Irish golfer says the US president is trying to turn the coronavirus crisis into a campaign rally
Los Angeles — Donald Trump does not expect to be teeing it up any time soon with Rory McIlroy, who last week called out the US president for his controversial leadership.
“It’s just not the way a leader should act, and there is a bit of diplomacy that you need to show, and I just don’t think he’s shown that, especially in these times.” But Trump said he does not hold a grudge against players who are turned off by his abrasive style. “I know so many of the tour players. I can’t think of anyone I don’t like, and I can’t say that in life. When you meet tour players, they are all great people,” he said.
The Taylor Made Driving Relief is a forerunner to the PGA’s scheduled official return in June with a tournament in Republican-run Texas that will take place without spectators. He wants golf events like the Masters to return with spectators “practically standing on top of each other”, but in the next breath said last week’s closed-door mixed martial arts card in Florida didn’t miss the fans. “You saw the UFC the other night, they had really just a lighted ring in the middle of an empty arena, and I am not sure that so many people missed the fans. I don’t think so in that particular case,” he said.
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