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Alison Jillian Chao, 15-year-old girl who went missing in Monterey Park, found safe outside ABC7

GLENDALE, Calif. (KABC) — A 15-year-old woman who went lacking in Monterey Park final week was discovered secure Tuesday morning exterior ABC7’s workplace in Glendale.

Alison Jillian Chao was reported lacking the afternoon of Tuesday, July 16.

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In keeping with a safety guard at ABC7, the woman was strolling and had been adopted by somebody in a automotive who acknowledged her as a lacking minor and referred to as police.

The Monterey Park Police Division, who’s dealing with the investigation, launched a press release, saying it “extends its appreciation to neighborhood members and the numerous native, state and federal companions for his or her help through the investigation.”

Chao reportedly left her house on a motorbike per week in the past Tuesday round 5:30 p.m. She was headed to her aunt’s house in San Gabriel however by no means arrived.

The woman’s father, Jeffery Chao, and her aunt held a press convention within the afternoon to precise their appreciation to the general public for his or her assist trying to find Alison. The household’s lawyer stated they have been restricted in with the ability to reply questions on her state of affairs due to pending litigation.

The household confirmed that Alison’s mom final week was granted full custody of her on a short lived foundation. Her aunt stated she believes Alison ran away as a result of she didn’t need to be along with her mom.

The household is not certain the place she spent the final week.

“I actually admire everybody popping out,” stated Alison’s father, Jeffery Chao. “I might actually wish to thank all the chums, the neighborhood that got here out and helped discover her. We have been actually nervous about the place she’s been. And actually admire what all people’s completed and helped out with.”

The Los Angeles County Division of Youngsters and Household Providers stated it’s sure by state confidentiality legal guidelines to not focus on whether or not it has had any contact or involvement with Alison and her household.

Statements have been launched later Tuesday by Alison’s mom and by Alison’s court-appointed lawyer.

Assertion from Alison’s mom

The assertion from her mom, Annie Chao, was launched by her lawyer. The total assertion might be learn right here.

It reads partially:

“I’m extremely relieved that Alison has been discovered secure. My love for Alison is unconditional and unwavering. Alison is my solely baby and she or he means every little thing to me. I perceive that there was a superb samaritan who helped to escort her to the police and I particularly need to thank that particular person for his or her kindness.”

She additionally stated misinformation has been posted on-line about Alison and their household and she or he urged folks to cease posting.

“Alison is a younger woman and her emotions about my divorce from her father are understandably difficult, however she has a household (each my aspect and her dad’s aspect) that loves and adores her. She is extremely proficient, clever, and loving.

I’ll at all times do my greatest to guard Alison’s pursuits, irrespective of the circumstances and whatever the stones that could be thrown at me.”

Assertion from Alison’s lawyer

Lawyer Emily Robinson was appointed by the courtroom to characterize Alison in Could. Robinson’s full assertion might be learn right here.

It reads partially:

“We now have a particularly competent decide who has totally examined this case from inside out through the course of a number of courtroom hearings which have occurred. Based mostly upon my advocacy for Alison, in session along with her medical professionals, together with proof offered to the courtroom, which has included testimony from each dad and mom, the decide has made determinations which can be solely in Alison’s greatest curiosity, together with awarding Alison’s mom, Annie Chao, sole choice making authority concerning Alison’s psychological well being and sole bodily custody of her.”

Robinson additionally stated there have been social media posts made with inaccurate info that hindered the investigation when she went lacking. She is asking the social media platforms to take them down.

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Skibidi Toilet, made using Half-Life 2 assets, reportedly in talks for Michael Bay movie

Notorious web animation sequence Skibidi Bathroom, made utilizing Valve’s Supply Filmmaker software program and that includes property from Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike, is in discussions to be became a Michael Bay film.

Bay, who directed catastrophe movie blockbusters equivalent to Armageddon and Pearl Harbour, is reportedly in talks to launch a Skibidi Bathroom movie and TV franchise with former Paramount Footage boss Adam Goodman.

“We’re completely in talks proper now, each on the tv aspect and the earliest conversations proper now on the movie aspect,” Goodman advised Selection. “But it surely’s not a be-all, end-all for us.”

Skibidi Bathroom, for these mercifully nonetheless unaware, is an enormously-popular on-line animation sequence that has been likened to a Slender Man for Technology Alpha. (Fellow Millenials, suppose a post-apocalyptic Salad Fingers for tweens.)

The sequence has gathered over 65bn views on YouTube, one other 15bn on Tiktok, and is ubiquitous on Roblox, the place numerous spin-off video games lie.

What’s a Skibidi Bathroom? I am so glad you requested. Briefly, it is a race of evil bathrooms with human heads. They’re led by G-Bathroom, an evil rest room with the top of G-Man from Half-Life.

The Skibidi Bathroom animation sequence, now 70-something episodes lengthy, follows an ever-escalating struggle between the Skibidi Bathrooms and quite a lot of people with CCTV cameras, audio system and TVs on their heads.

As of the animation’s newest season, G-Bathroom has returned as G-Bathroom 4.0, now with an array of laser cannons.

Skibidi Bathroom is the work of Alexy Gerasimov, who has cited machinima movies made in Garry’s Mod as a key affect.

Reacting to the information of a possible Michael Bay Skibidi Bathroom film franchise, Garry’s Mod creator Garry Newman wrote on X: “If the Skibidi Bathroom film will get made I will lower my cock off.”

Nepal plane crash: How many more before the most dangerous country for air travel starts tackling safety?

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Passenger aviation worldwide has turn into terribly protected. In 2023, there have been no deadly crashes involving passenger jet plane on scheduled flights.

Of the 2 deadly accidents – each involving propellor plane – the primary and deadliest was in Nepal. Yeti Airways flight YT673 from Kathmandu crashe on strategy to Pokhara. All 72 passengers and crew died in an accident attributed to pilot error.

Now we have but to seek out out what went incorrect with the newest tragedy, which occurred on the identical route. The Saurya Airways commuter jet was taking off from the Nepali capital when it rolled and crashed right into a ravine. The pilot survived however the remaining 18 on board didn’t.

The calamity takes Nepal to a tragic rating of 14 crashes in 14 years – a charge method past another nation on the earth.

The present sequence started in August 2010, when 14 folks misplaced their lives on an Agni Air home flight from Kathmandu to Lukla, which had turned again as a result of a technical drawback.

Twenty-two extra folks died aboard a Tara Air Twin Otter throughout a home flight to Kathmandu in December 2010.

In September 2011, 19 folks misplaced their lives on the strategy to Kathmandu on a Buddha Air Beechcraft.

A yr later, seven British passengers have been among the many 19 individuals who died aboard a Sita Air Dornier 228 that got here down shortly after take off from Kathmandu, vacation spot Lukla. They have been at the beginning of what was to be a three-week trek.

The crash was blamed on “a mix of things, together with an obese plane with an excessive amount of baggage stowed on board”.

The litany of tragedy continues. Crashes in elements of Africa, South America and the previous Soviet Union are removed from unknown. However accident charges in Nepal are a special order of magnitude – resembling these from the early days of mass passenger air transport within the Nineteen Fifties moderately than the ultra-safe 2020s.

The difficult terrain and climate in Nepal demand pilots and engineers of the very best requirements, however repeatedly they fall quick.

The nation’s airways have a tendency to make use of outdated, ill-maintained plane; the Saurya Airways airplane was over 20 years outdated, which isn’t a difficulty with good technical assist. However Nepal has insufficient coaching in, and enforcement of, worldwide aviation norms.

All Nepali airways are banned from the European Union due to security shortcomings.

For the previous decade, the Worldwide Civil Aviation Group has sought to enhance security below its “No Nation Left Behind” initiative. The purpose of this UN physique is to harmonise “Requirements and Beneficial Practices” – these very important norms that maintain the overwhelming majority of passengers and crew. The purpose is to offer each nation “entry to the numerous socio-economic advantages of a protected and dependable aviation system”.

Travellers to the mountain kingdom should proceed to weigh the dangers of flying – whereas additionally being conscious that Nepal’s roads are deadly, too, with an accident charge six instances increased than within the UK.

There’s little hope that this litany of tragedy will finish quickly.

Team USA defeats Germany after WNBA All-Star Game struggles

A’ja Wilson had 19 factors and 14 rebounds to assist the U.S. ladies’s Olympic basketball workforce rebound from a uncommon exhibition loss to beat Germany 84-57 on Tuesday evening.

The People misplaced to a workforce of WNBA All-Stars on Saturday earlier than touring to London for the exhibition contest towards Germany. These two groups are in the identical pool within the Olympics and can play once more within the Paris Video games on Aug. 4.

“It was a breath of contemporary air to get out of All-Star and are available right here, there’s one purpose and it is to win,” U.S. guard Sabrina Ionescu stated.

The U.S. raced to a 22-9 lead, scoring the primary seven factors of the sport. By the tip of the primary 10 minutes, the People had constructed a 13-point benefit.

The Germans, who will likely be making their first look within the Olympics, closed inside 27-20 halfway by the second quarter, however may get no nearer because the People led 44-32 on the half.

The U.S. scored the primary seven factors of the third quarter and Germany by no means threatened once more.

“We have to proceed to ensure our begins within the third get higher each single sport,” U.S. ahead Breanna Stewart stated. “It is a tuneup sport. We do not need to peak too quickly.”

Luisa Geiselsoder scored 13 factors to guide Germany.

The People had been with out Brittney Griner, who rested. It was her first journey abroad since she was arrested in 2022 in Russia and sentenced to 9 years in jail for drug possession and smuggling. Ten months later, she was free after a high-profile prisoner trade.

Now the two-time Olympic gold medalist was again suiting up for the U.S.

Members of the U.S. males’s Olympic workforce sat courtside to look at the sport. The People edged the Germans 92-88 in an exhibition sport on Monday evening.

Pilot only survivor of Nepal plane crash

Eighteen folks have been killed after a aircraft crashed and caught hearth whereas it was taking off from Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu.

The pilot, who’s at the moment receiving remedy in hospital, is the one survivor of Wednesday’s deadly accident after being rescued from the burning wreckage.

The Saurya Airways flight was carrying 17 firm staff, together with technical workers, in addition to two crew members. It was sure for the Himalayan tourism hub of Pokhara within the nation’s west.

Nepal’s aviation business has a poor security report that has been attributed to a number of components through the years, from unpredictable climate to lax laws.

The flight, which was heading for Pokhara as a part of a routine upkeep examine, crashed at about 11:15 native time (05:30 GMT), a couple of minutes after it took off from Tribhuvan Worldwide Airport, in line with a press release by the Nepal Civil Aviation Authority’s search and rescue co-ordination centre.

Police spokesperson Dan Bahadur Karki instructed BBC Nepali that the pilot sustained accidents to his eyes and brow, however mentioned his life was not in peril.

One man who was inside a close-by store when the accident occurred mentioned: “There was a really loud noise, it appeared like possibly a truck had overturned on the highway.

“We ran after we noticed [the crash]. The aircraft then hit the bottom and caught hearth. We have been about to run to the positioning however then there was an explosion so we ran away once more,” he instructed AFP information company.

Airport chief Jagannath Niraula instructed BBC Nepali that the accident “occurred as quickly because it left the bottom, in not even a minute”, although airport authorities haven’t been in a position to affirm the reason for the catastrophe.

Nonetheless, the pinnacle of Tribhuvan Worldwide Airport mentioned that an preliminary evaluation confirmed that the aircraft had flown within the unsuitable route.

“As quickly because it took off, it turned proper, [when it] ought to have turned left,” Mr Niraula instructed BBC Nepali.

Footage of the incident confirmed the aircraft tilting above the runway earlier than crashing into the bottom, into flames. It rapidly grew to become enveloped in hearth and smoke.

Photographs confirmed rescue staff making their approach by way of the wreckage, with massive elements of the aircraft fully blackened and charred. Photographs of the aftermath additionally appeared to point out elements of the aircraft inside an air freight container.

Fireplace engines and ambulances have been rushed to the spot after the incident.

Seventeen of those that died have been Nepali, whereas one was a Yemeni nationwide, who was working as an engineer.

“The aircraft was scheduled to endure upkeep for a month starting Thursday… It’s unclear why it crashed,” mentioned Saurya Airways advertising head Mukesh Khanal, Reuters information company reviews.

Kathmandu’s airport closed quickly after the crash, however reopened inside hours, Reuters mentioned.

Nepal has been criticised for its poor air security report. In January 2023, a minimum of 72 folks have been killed in a Yeti Airways crash that was later attributed to its pilots mistakenly chopping the facility.

It was deadliest air crash in Nepal since 1992, when all 167 folks aboard a Pakistan Worldwide Airways aircraft died when it crashed on method to Kathmandu Airport.

Saruya Airways operates flights to 5 locations inside Nepal, with a fleet of three Bombardier CRJ-200 jets, in line with the corporate’s web site.

Over the years: Chelsea Women’s Olympians | News | Official Site

With seven Chelsea stars concerned on the 2024 Olympic video games in Paris, we replicate upon a few of the others in our squad who can name themselves an Olympian…

This summer time, Kadeisha Buchanan, Ashley Lawrence, Mayra Ramirez, Sandy Baltimore, Eve Perisset, Sjoeke Nusken, and Maika Hamano will signify their respective nations on the enduring worldwide stage.

For that group, the highway to glory begins right now (Thursday) with the primary spherical of group stage fixtures kicking off at 4pm.

And as our Blues start their campaigns throughout France, with seven cities throughout the nation internet hosting the ladies’s soccer occasion, we’ve appeared again on earlier video games the place present Chelsea stars featured…

What higher place to begin than London 2012 – and with our new head coach Sonia Bompastor and assistant Camille Abily.

Each featured at what was France’s first look within the girls’s soccer occasion. They might go on to complete fourth after shedding to Canada within the bronze medal match which was performed in Coventry.

4 years later in 2016, Abily represented Les Bleues at her second Olympics, with Bompastor having ended her illustrious enjoying profession three years prior. Quite a few present Blues would additionally characteristic in Brazil, with some even scooping medals.

Making their Olympics debut could be Buchanan and Lawrence of Canada, whereas Sam Kerr additionally made her bow on the identical stage, representing Australia.

There could be a conflict of the soon-to-be Blues within the group phases as Canada lined up towards the Matildas. It was Buchanan and Lawrence who claimed bragging rights after successful 2-0, however each nations went on to succeed in the knock-outs.

Kerr’s Australia exited the competitors after shedding to Brazil on penalties within the quarter-final, whereas our Canadian duo went on to assert a bronze medal after beating the identical South American opponents within the third-place play-off.

It was back-to-back bronze medals for Canada, who gained the identical prize at London 2012, and Lawrence performed her half in that 2-1 victory over Brazil as she assisted the opening objective.

There was loads of Chelsea illustration on the delayed video games in Tokyo in 2021 with 9 of our present gamers in motion for his or her respective nations.

It proved to be a really totally different version of the video games as a result of Covid-19 pandemic. Athletes donned masks. Isolation protocols have been adopted. Spectators might solely watch on from televisions in properties across the globe.

Nice Britain returned for the match in Japan for the primary time since internet hosting the video games in 2012, with Millie Brilliant and Sophie Ingle – named as a co-captain – chosen. Niamh Charles was named as a travelling reserve.

In the identical group as Nice Britain was Canada, who once more had Buchanan and Lawrence of their ranks. In the meantime, Australia have been skippered by Kerr as they confronted Zecira Musovic and Nathalie Bjorn’s Sweden and the USA, who chosen Catarina Macario, within the group phases.

There have been a number of battles between Blues within the knock-out rounds, too, as Kerr and the Matildas knocked out GB within the quarter-finals, however the Aussies would miss out on the possibility to play for gold medal after shedding to the Swedes within the semi-final.

Though Canada beat the USA within the different last-four conflict, Macario and her team-mates might nonetheless add to America’s spectacular medal haul on this occasion, as they confronted Kerr’s Australia within the third-place play-off.

And it could be the previous who claimed bronze as america secured a sixth medal in seven appearances on the Olympics.

Now to the primary occasion, the gold medal conflict: Sweden v Canada. A battle of the 2016 silver and bronze medalists. Who would declare that elusive gold medal?

Defender Bjorn began for Sweden whereas Blues goalkeeper Musovic was named on the bench. As that they had finished all through the match, Buchanan and Lawrence additionally featured from the beginning for Canada.

It was benefit Sweden after 34 minutes earlier than former Chelsea midfielder Jessie Fleming leveled the sport by means of a penalty within the 67th minute.

And it was from spot that the sport was determined following a 1-1 draw after extra-time. Canada prevailed 3-2 winners on penalties, claiming a first-ever gold medal in girls’s soccer on the Olympics.

Will they defend their title in Paris or will one other Blue write their identify into the Olympic historical past books? We should watch on and see…

Good luck, to all our Blues!

Bryson DeChambeau, Donald Trump score combined 22-under in charity golf round

Seems, Bryson DeChambeau and Donald Trump make a fairly good pairing on the golf course.

The SMU product turned two-time U.S. Open champion introduced Monday he could be releasing a video on his YouTube channel that includes himself and the previous president enjoying a spherical of “Break 50,” a sport during which DeChambeau and a star or athlete companion attempt to shoot 49 or higher in a single spherical with a two-person greatest ball format from the entrance tees.

The spherical was performed for charity, benefitting the Wounded Warrior Venture.

Taking part in at Trump Nationwide Golf Membership Bedminster in New Jersey within the first week of this month, in response to DeChambeau — previous to the assassination try of Trump in Pennsylvania — the video featured virtually solely golf discuss, along with conversations about Trump’s favourite music and different off-the-course actions — and solely a single point out of the talk squabble between Trump and President Joe Biden discussing their very own golf video games.

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Whereas DeChambeau, unsurprisingly, carried a lot of the load over the course of the spherical, Trump held his personal together with his driver and on the placing greens. A couple of holes had been scored whereas solely utilizing Trump’s photographs.

Whereas the duo was unable to “Break 50,” one thing DeChambeau has but to do on his channel, they did rating a 50, tying the bottom rating on the channel thus far.

For every shot DeChambeau and Trump completed below par, they donated $10,000 to the muse, a $220,000 complete after going 22-under.

“I need to thank President Trump for approaching this episode of Break 50! It was an honor to play a spherical with the previous president and lift a ton of cash for the Wounded Warrior Venture,” DeChambeau posted on his channel. “This was all meant to be about golf, good enjoyable, and supporting an important trigger.”

DeChambeau additionally left a possibility for followers to donate to the Wounded Warrior Venture on the YouTube video itself.

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Jennifer Lopez reigns supreme at Bridgerton-themed birthday bash

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J-Lo celebrated her fifty fifth birthday with regal aptitude, full with thrones, classical music, and a Bridgerton vibe, whereas rumours swirl about her marriage to Ben Affleck.

Get able to curtsy, as a result of Jennifer Lopez simply threw probably the most extravagant Bridgerton-themed party, and it is the speak of the Ton!

The pop icon and actress celebrated her fifty fifth birthday in true J-Lo type, sharing dazzling video clips and images that present her reigning supreme on a throne.

The Instagram submit started with a cheeky nod to the Netflix hit collection, echoing the phrases of the notorious gossip author Woman Whistledown: “Dearest Mild Reader…” earlier than including: “a splendid night was had by all.”

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And splendid it was! The montage kicked off with a horse and carriage, setting the scene for an evening of Regency-era glam.

In true Bridgerton vogue, footmen in interval apparel wheeled in a grand throne-like chair to a stage the place violinists serenaded the visitors with modern-style classical music.

The social gathering visitors, wearing Nineteenth-century stylish—suppose dashing coats, waistcoats, breeches, and chic frocks—danced the night time away in a cotillion courtly sequence.

Our queen of the night time, J-Lo, dazzled in an embroidered gray robe and gold excessive heels, wanting each inch the regal woman as she perched on her throne.

However, after all, she could not simply stick to 1 outfit. Lopez later turned into a shocking inexperienced costume, serenading her visitors and blowing out the candles on her magnificent tiered birthday cake.

The birthday bash was stuffed with laughter, music, and royal vibes, however one notable determine was absent from the clips: her husband, Ben Affleck.

The couple, who tied the knot in July 2022 after rekindling their romance, have been the topic of swirling rumours about marital troubles.

Affleck’s absence did little to quell the gossip, however J-Lo appeared unfazed, absorbing the love from her associates and followers.

Lopez later took to Instagram to specific her gratitude, posting a heartfelt message to her adoring followers: “I have been seeing your entire birthday needs, lovely movies, and posts all final night time and this morning from everywhere in the world.

“I’ve laughed, smiled, shed some tears, and once I noticed the billboard in Occasions Sq., I used to be utterly overwhelmed. I actually do have one of the best, most wonderful followers on this planet.”

She continued: “I would like you to know on my birthday that YOU are my greatest present. Moreover my household and associates, you’ve got at all times been there for me within the good instances and within the powerful instances. I can at all times rely on you.

“And I would like you to know that you may at all times rely on me. Thanks on your caring, your understanding, your loyalty and most significantly your love.”

Regardless of the lavish celebration, rumours of a possible break up from Affleck have been buzzing.

J-Lo not too long ago cancelled her summer time live performance tour, citing that she was “utterly heartsick and devastated” concerning the resolution.

Promoter Stay Nation introduced she was taking break day to be along with her kids, household, and shut associates.

The couple’s romantic saga has been a rollercoaster, having break up in 2004 solely to search out their approach again to one another years later.

Their love story was even become a 2024 movie, The Best Love Story By no means Advised, which chronicled their reunion in 2021 and featured her music. The musical film was accompanied by the album This Is Me… Now.

Jennifer Lopez Threw Herself a Bridgerton-Themed Birthday Party Without Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck didn’t court docket Jennifer Lopez at her Bridgerton-themed ball.

Only a few days forward of her fifty fifth birthday (which takes place on July 24), Lopez hosted a grand occasion within the Hamptons, full with ball robes and horse-drawn carriages. Whereas Lopez’s mum, Guadalupe Rodríguez, arrived dressed for theme, Folks experiences that the singer’s husband didn’t attend the occasion on July 20.

Regardless of Affleck’s absence, Lopez appeared in excessive spirits on the day of the occasion. “As we speak is gonna be a fantastic day 🤍🙏🏼,” she captioned a sequence of Instagram selfies. Lopez was not carrying her personal occasion robe within the pictures, as an alternative lounging round in an informal white tank prime and denims. She accomplished her newest Trip J.Lo look with some much less informal glam and equipment. Say it with me: “Chanel hoops and a slicked-back bun.” (IYKYK.)

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Although Jennifer Lopez cancelled her world tour to spend extra time with household, she and her husband have remained on separate coasts amid incessant divorce hypothesis. Whereas Lopez has been summering in New York for the reason that starting of the month, Affleck has remained in Los Angeles…even for his or her second anniversary of their Las Vegas marriage ceremony on July 16.

Whereas many experiences have cited Affleck’s distaste for the highlight as the principle supply of their alleged marital strife, a supply not too long ago instructed Folks that Lopez’s famous person standing just isn’t the foundation of their issues. “The concept that Ben thinks Jennifer is simply too well-known and that he didn’t know what he was stepping into with the eye on their marriage isn’t true,” the supply mentioned. “There are deeper points.”

No matter these “deeper points” are, there have been some constructive updates. Affleck was photographed carrying his marriage ceremony ring as not too long ago as July 19, whereas Lopez was seen carrying his first preliminary on a attraction bracelet throughout a current Hamptons promenade. Maybe Affleck is just ready for a written invitation to name upon his spouse.

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Donald Trump and Bryson DeChambeau, did they break 50?

What occurs when one of the polarizing figures on the earth of golf companions with one of the polarizing figures on the earth, interval?

Science tells us sure poles will be attracted to one another and join, which appears to be the case with U.S. Open champ Bryson DeChambeau and former President Donald Trump, who put collectively a stable spherical of golf however fell one shot wanting DeChambeau’s final objective in his newest episode of “Break 50” — a recurring characteristic on his YouTube Channel.

“That is going to be one of many best rounds of golf ever performed,” Trump stated in a blast of pre-round trumpeting.

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Undecided if the sport’s historians will ever checklist it alongside Nicklaus-Watson at Turnberry, and even Xander Schauffele’s Sunday 65 this previous weekend at Troon, however frankly, quirkiness apart, DeChambeau and Trump, at Trump’s New Jersey course in Bedminster, was watchable in its personal means, and dare we are saying dramatic?

The quirky: In these specific episodes on DeChambeau’s YouTube efforts, the objective is to interrupt 50, over 18 holes, with the host and one other golfer partnering in a two-man scramble … from the course’s most ahead tees.

Even with DeChambeau in a position to drive all of the par-4s from the pink tees, and go away flip-wedges for second photographs to the par-5s, 23 underneath par for 18 holes is asking lots. Ultimately, it was asking an excessive amount of, however barely — 12 birdies, 5 eagles and a par resulted in a 50, one shy of the present’s final objective.

On a facet notice, DeChambeau stated beforehand the present can be donating $10,000 per birdie and $20,000 per eagle to the Wounded Warrior Mission.

5 takeaways from Donald Trump and Bryson DeChambeau’s two-man scramble …

1. When did Donald Trump and Bryson DeChambeau play this spherical?

Trump’s ear isn’t bandaged so the spherical of golf was clearly performed earlier than the July 13 assassination try in Pennsylvania.

So it was additionally clearly performed earlier than this previous weekend’s announcement that President Joe Biden is dropping out of the presidential rematch — “Do you suppose Biden may do this?” Trump asks after one good shot.

And, additionally apparent, it was performed earlier than DeChambeau went belly-up eventually week’s British Open and was nonetheless using the excessive of his U.S. Open victory final month at Pinehurst.

2. Guess which golf programs are Trump’s favorites

Not so shockingly, Trump is an enormous fan of Trump golf programs. When DeChambeau asks for his favourite programs, he shortly talks of his programs within the UK — one in Eire and two in Scotland, together with the famed Turnberry.

Trump makes use of the episode to speak glowingly about what they see earlier than them at Bedminster, the place the rolling terrain and greenery belies its proximity (40 miles) to Manhattan. 

3. The Donald Trump golf swing works higher than it seems to be

Trump claims a 2 handicap, or no less than claims to have been a 2 in some unspecified time in the future, and has additionally gained a bunch of membership championships at his programs. Given his propensity for promotion, some elevate an eyebrow in any respect of that. 

However there’s no denying his acumen with two specific golf equipment — the motive force and putter. 

On all however one or two driving holes with DeChambeau, the shot tracer confirmed Trump hitting center-cut tee photographs with a little bit of left-to-right fade. Undecided if there’s a replica/paste operate on the shot tracer, however there appeared to be. 

It’s a bit stunning at first, given how Trump’s full swing begins with a flat takeaway that appears borderline painful. However he reloads earlier than the downswing and passes by way of the ball on an honest airplane with good velocity and numbing consistency — seems to be like one thing you see from these within the late 1800s taking part in in overcoats. Substance over model, which signifies high quality hand-eye coordination.

He usually employs a bit Gary Participant-style “walk-through” on his follow-through, which an novice swing analyst would possibly attribute to potential points with the left knee — or another left-side half that makes it troublesome to take care of stability on the follow-through.

No matter, it really works.

And the putter is surprisingly good for a 78-year-old man placing conventionally — in comparison with DeChambeau, who makes use of an prolonged putter he rocks by way of the hitting zone like a pendulum. Brandel Chamblee would inform you Trump has an excessive amount of “hit” in his placing stroke, however his velocity and accuracy are constant, or no less than they have been on this present day.

In between, on the few events Trump takes a full swing with a brief iron, there have been a few fats photographs. Yeah, yeah, blamed on “moist” circumstances on a course which should have seen some current rain. Most of us simply blame our wedge.

4. It is Trump, so there’s one thing for everybody

Followers and detractors alike will discover loads right here to chew on with each Trump and the present host.

DeChambeau, who’s been making an attempt exhausting (too exhausting?) to vary the notion of him as geeky golf scientist, is both usually excited on the problem of taking pictures a two-man 49 or must dial again the gung-ho meter. 

And Trump, like every president or former president, has sufficient individuals blowing smoke. He doesn’t want DeChambeau begging a fats iron shot to “stand up” when it’s clearly been mis-hit and can fall properly wanting the goal. 

Trump, in charge of the cart (in fact) drives over tee containers and proper as much as the closely-mowed fringes of greens. Sure, he owns the place, however nonetheless …

5. Who’s Donald Trump’s favourite LIV golfer?

At first of the day, whereas watching DeChambeau launch drives on the vary, Trump and different onlookers marvel at his unmatched size.

“The longest hitter by far. By far,” Trump tells the digicam. “And I do know ’em all.” 

Shocked? Nah.

In one other stunning transfer for a 78-year-old man, Trump takes management of the pill within the duo’s cart and hits go on his musical play checklist.

And close to the top, approaching the ultimate tee, Trump asks DeChambeau’s opinion of his fellow tour gamers, not specifying if he means PGA Tour golfers or DeChambeau’s present mates on the Trump-endorsed LIV Tour. DeChambeau sings their normal praises earlier than Trump jumps in with a specific opinion.

“You recognize whose sport I like?” he asks earlier than answering in his subsequent breath. “Patrick Reed.”

Whether or not a Trump supporter or detractor, you needed to see that coming, proper?

Attain Ken Willis at ken.willis@news-jrnl.com