The White House over the weekend bragged that President Donald Trump won yet another golf tournament just as a new video emerged that some say shows him cheating.
“Winning on and off the course,” the White House wrote on X, along with an image of a scorecard showing Trump shot a 69 ― 67 after adjusting for his handicap ― to win the men’s senior championship at his Bedminster club.
But the claim comes as Trump faces renewed accusations of cheating at the game, with many critics pointing to a video of him in Scotland last week in which the caddie casually dropped the ball for him.
The day before Trump’s latest tournament, sportswriter Rick Reilly ― who has golfed with Trump and authored an entire book detailing how he cheats at the game ― wondered aloud if the president would dare to declare himself the winner.
“Tomorrow is the Senior Champ at Bedminster,” he wrote on X. “Are you shameless enough to pretend you won it? Even after the whole planet saw you cheat in Scotland? Is your ego that sick?”
After Trump won, he wrote in a follow-up: “Guess we got our answer. What a child.”
After another new video surfaced showing a caddie dropping the ball for Trump ― this time in Bedminster, possibly from the day of the tournament ― Reilly added:
So you know, it’s NEVER legal for your caddy to drop a ball. YOU can drop one, but never on a green. And since this was a full-score event, its not legal for Trump to drag the ball into the hole. No, no, never.
Our president is a f*cking golf cheat. https://t.co/zd39cv78XM
— Rick Reilly (@ReillyRick) August 3, 2025
Reilly has previously pointed out that Trump only wins on the courses he owns as more evidence he cheats.
“He’s played in Pebble Beach, he’s played in the Tahoe one, where there are rules and judges and cameras. And in those, he’s never finished in the top half,” he said on MSNBC last year.
Others who’ve played with the president have also accused him of cheating, including boxer Oscar De La Hoya, who once explained in detail some of Trump’s tricks.
Rock icon/golf enthusiast Alice Cooper didn’t quite come out and call Trump a cheater.
But he came close.
“The worst celebrity golf cheat? I wish I could tell you that,” he told Q magazine in 2012. “It would be a shocker. I played golf with Donald Trump one time. That’s all I’m going to say.”
Given that history ― and the recent videos ― Trump’s critics weren’t about to grant him a gimme on his latest championship claim:
I think the numbers are rigged who should we fire now?
— Tracey Gallagher (@asmartbrunette1) August 2, 2025
Trump cheated at golf just like he cheats at everything else.
— Jacob R. Adkins (@JacobRAdkins3) August 3, 2025
Tell you what, next time he “competes” let someone video the entire round and post it, unedited. But I bet he’s too chicken shit for that. https://t.co/I7076EvhNM
— Bob Dalton (@BobD_313) August 4, 2025
This is the weirdest thing Trump does.
79 year olds don’t shoot 69. He just straight up lies about his golf score like a North Korean leader would. https://t.co/rHvrM2MCvV
— A Fellow Chucker, Eh? (@RuFiOooooh) August 3, 2025
