[Rummyfan]

My guess is that it would not be made up by the “prestige” of having the Golfer in Chief play.

Winged Foot doesn't need anymore prestige - they have hosted the US Open three or four times.

[masadaman]

If he had any smarts at all, he would have played Bethpage Public - the Black course. A premier venue, host to two US Opens, public and it is the ‘Black’ course. What local official would have said, ‘no’?