"Turns out that European is only the second-worst thing you can be at Bethpage this week. Luke Donald and his team may have been booed at the opening ceremony on Wednesday, but the reception they got from the tens of thousands of liquored-up golf fans who had hung around to watch was a warm welcome compared to the one they gave New York state's governor, the Democrat Kathy Hochul, who was jeered so loudly that her short speech was just about drowned out."
"What should everyone coming here for the first time know about New York? he asked Hochul. (She has no idea! She lives in Albany! bellowed a man standing nearby, Get her outta here! roared another.) Hochul, a rictus grin fixed on her face, said something about how we have the most friendly people you will ever meet and was immediately shouted down by the locals."
"He couldn't help himself but slip in a couple of subtle little digs at the USA team over the way they are being paid to play here this week, but they were so subtle you needed to speak diplomat's English to pick up on them. We're fuelled by something money can't buy, Donald said, a wry smile passed across his face while he let the comment settle, by resilience, togetherness, and proving people wrong."
Thousands of liquored-up golf fans at Bethpage jeered New York Governor Kathy Hochul so loudly that her short opening speech was nearly drowned out. Master of ceremonies Carson Daly attempted to deflect with a joke about Roger Goodell, but the crowd continued to heckle and shout accusations that Hochul 'has no idea' and 'lives in Albany.' Luke Donald and his European team also received boos, though less intense than those directed at Hochul. Donald responded with wry remarks about resilience and togetherness and a subtle dig about being 'fuelled by something money can't buy.' The atmosphere remained raucous and confrontational.
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