"He was on his own, signing autographs for the handful of people on the other side of the railings, and there was this one woman leaning over towards him, a bottle blonde, late middle-aged, in a tight white dress. She was only a couple of feet away from him but she was screaming in his ear like she was trying to reach someone across the far side of the golf course."
"It's the wild grin on the face of New York state's governor, the Democrat Kathy Hochul, as she was being furiously heckled by thousands of people during the opening ceremony, and it's the cop in the parking lot who demanded: Let me see some ID, when I said good morning because he wasn't satisfied with the press accreditation I had around my neck."
Scenes at Bethpage Black during the Ryder Cup were dominated by overt political displays and confrontations. Fans wore provocatively political shirts and shouted endorsements for Donald Trump to players such as Bryson DeChambeau. One fan screamed endorsements inches from DeChambeau while he signed autographs. The grounds and nearby town featured bizarre signage and confrontational behavior, including shirts referencing Alex Jones and a T-shirt proclaiming 'Trump Beats Women.' New York governor Kathy Hochul endured loud heckling during the opening ceremony. A parking-lot officer demanded identification from a credentialed reporter. Tensions between fans of different backgrounds surfaced repeatedly, creating a surreal atmosphere.
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