President Trump attends Ryder Cup golf tournament on Long Island

President Trump attends Ryder Cup golf tournament on Long Island

TALK ABOUT THAT COMING UP A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE HALF HOUR. SANDRA, BACK OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU JEFF. ONE OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST SPORTING EVENTS HAPPENING RIGHT HERE ON LONG ISLAND. THE RYDER CUP GOT UNDERWAY AT BETHPAGE BLACK GOLF COURSE TODAY, WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP ARRIVING WITH HIS GRANDDAUGHTER TO CHEER ON THE U.S. TEAM. SECURITY WAS TIGHT, BUT AT ONE POINT, THE PRESIDENT LEFT THE SECURED GLASS AREA TO GREET AMERICAN PLAYER BRYSON DECHAMBEAU ON THE FIRST HOLE. EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER JAMIE ROTH LIVE IN FARMINGDALE WITH MORE. JAMIE. HI THERE. SANDRA. SECURITY WAS TIGHT. IN FACT, RECENTLY THE PRESIDENT LEFT BETHPAGE BLACK AND HEADED TO AIR FORCE ONE. AND WHEN THAT HAPPENED, WE WERE HELD HERE IN THIS PARKING LOT WHERE THE SHUTTLE BUSSES TAKE PEOPLE TO AND FROM THE GOLF COURSE. BUT FOR MUCH OF THE DAY, THE PRESIDENT WAS AT BETHPAGE BLACK, TAKING IN THE FIRST DAY OF PLAY. PRESIDENT TRUMP ARRIVED ON LONG ISLAND WITH HIS GRANDDAUGHTER, THEN MET NASSAU COUNTY EXECUTIVE BRUCE BLAKEMAN BEFORE HEADING TO CHEER ON THE AMERICANS, WHO WERE DOWN THREE MATCHES THIS MORNING. THE TEAM IS NOT DOING SO WELL, SO WHEN I HEARD THAT, I SAID, LET’S GET ON THE PLANE, WE HAVE TO FLY AND HELP THEM. TRUMP’S PRESS OFFICE POSTING VIDEOS FROM BETHPAGE BLACK ALONG THE FAIRWAYS. FANS FROM ALL OVER THE U.S. AND EUROPE. A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE WILL COME TO THE RYDER CUP. MARK PEPPER FLEW IN FROM CHARLESTON WITH THE FRIENDS AND THE WARDROBE. WHEN YOU GET A GUY DRESSED LIKE THIS AND I’M JUST TRYING TO MAKE EYE CONTACT, YOU MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH ME, IT’S GOING IN THE HOLE. PLENTY OF TEAM SPIRIT ON BOTH SIDES. CHARLOTTE NAUGHTON PULLING FOR EUROPE. SHE’S ACTUALLY ON EUROPE’S JUNIOR RYDER CUP TEAM. THEY LOST TO THE AMERICANS BUT SHE’S BACK OUT HERE CHEERING. PROBABLY BEING OUT THERE BECAUSE I JUST LOVE PLAYING GOLF. BUT YEAH IT’S SO EXCITING TO WATCH. I MEAN YEAH I THINK EUROPE WILL BRING IT HOME. EVERYBODY’S BEEN HAVING A GOOD TIME. YOU KNOW FROM BOTH SIDES THERE’S EQUAL JABS AT EACH OTHER. BUT EVERYBODY’S BEEN REALLY COOL ABOUT IT. SO IT’S BEEN FUN. FANS ALSO BOOSTING THE LOCAL ECONOMY. THE RYDER CUP WILL CREATE 1000 JOBS AND BRING IN AN ESTIMATED $160 MILLION ON AND OFF THE COURSE. THEY ARE WINING AND DINING. WE’VE HAD GREAT FOOD. WE WALKED AROUND IN THE WOODSIDE AREAS WHERE WE WERE STAYING. GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD, A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOOD, GREAT ETHNIC NEIGHBORHOOD, LOTS OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM. IT WAS AWESOME. THINGS WE DON’T GET AT HOME. THE RYDER CUP HAPPENS EVERY TWO YEARS, SO IT’S A MAJOR GLOBAL EVENT AND IT’S NEVER BEEN PLAYED HERE ON LONG ISLAND UNTIL NOW. PLAY

Jamie Roth has more on the Ryder Cup in Bethpage.

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