BEDMINSTER, N.J. USGA executive director Mike Davis said Wednesday he still doesnt know if President Donald Trump will attend the U.S. Womens Open this week, but his organizations prepared if he does.If he does come, we would certainly welcome him, Davis told GolfChannel.com from his office in the USGAs portable compound at Trump National. Since our beginning in 1895, weve only had three sitting presidents come to an event, and weve never had a sitting president come to the U.S. Womens Open. Out of respect for the office, regardless of what side of the aisle you sit on, we would welcome that.If Trump comes, should we expect him to present the Harton S. Semple Trophy on Sunday evening?Thats not in the plans right now, Davis said.Davis said he did not attend the USGAs pre-championship news conference Tuesday because he believes his presence would have turned the focus away from the competition.The feeling was, that if I were sitting up there, that was going to make the press conference very political in nature, Davis said. If I wasnt up there, it was going to do what we wanted it to do, place the focus on the biggest and most important championship in golf.
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Davis said he has attended every U.S. Womens Open since he became the USGA executive director in 2011, but he has made a practice of intentionally staying away from the pre-championship news conference, leaving control to the championship committee.Weve had a longstanding history of the chair of the championship committee handling the introduction, Davis said. Im not setting up the golf course, Im not conducting the event, and I certainly dont know the operational end of it.Davis said he understands the controversy that has surrounded play at a Trump club made this years news conference different, but . . .The idea was we dont think its in the best interests of the championship to continue to talk about politics, Davis said. We realize others dont necessarily agree with that.Davis has been criticized for characterizing complaints that Trump has degraded women as being political. He said his positions on opposition to the USGAs association with Trump were laid out when he spoke at U.S. Womens Open media day in May, and he didnt see the point in having to address them again this week.What would I say differently from what Im already on record saying? Davis said. The answers werent going to change.
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