Henrik Stenson leads LIV event but Donald Trump circus steals limelight

LIV Golf event takes a back seat as the crowds give former president a big welcome at his own golf club

It didn't take long for the barely veiled political undertones surrounding the LIV Golf tournament at Donald Trump's Bedminster golf club to burst to the fore on Saturday afternoon.

The several hundred spectators filling the grandstand behind the first tee erupted into rollicking chants of Four more years!" that resounded across the grounds when the former US president emerged in a white polo shirt and red Make America Great Again cap to watch the leading group of Henrik Stenson, Patrick Reed and Phachara Khongwatmai begin their second rounds after the horn sent off the shotgun start at quarter past one.