Donald Trump’s alleged list of accomplishments on the greens and fairways has once again come under question.
Despite the heavy load of responsibilities that come with being president, Trump has still managed to carve out nearly one-fifth of his time in office for golf. Yet he has time and again been accused of bending the rules on the links, including on his recent visit to Scotland. The most recent allegations come as Travis Kelce risks upsetting teammates after Trump’s comments on Taylor Swift.
Most recently, Trump claimed to have won a whopping 36 Club Championships on Truth Social. Sportswriter Rick Reilly — who authored the 2019 book “Commander in Cheat,” which dives into Trump’s plethora of cheating golf scandals — swiftly poured cold water on this bold declaration, seemingly exposing a slip-up as the 79-year-old previously said he only emerged victorious in 24 tournaments.
“Number of ‘championships’ he said he had last time: 24,” Reilly wrote on X. “Number he says he suddenly has now: 36. Number that his twisted ego just skipped: 11. Number of actual ‘championships’ he’s won: 0 #CommanderInCheat.”
Speaking to VOX, Reilly additionally divulged the way in which Trump amasses fake wins in these club championships. “Trump’s going around telling people he has won 20. But that’s 100 percent a lie,” he said. “I actually played with him once, and he told me how he does it.
“Whenever he opens a new golf course, because he owns 14 and operates another five, he plays the first club champion by himself and declares that the club championship and puts his name on the wall.”
This is hardly the first time that Reilly has called out Trump for his dubious behavior on the golf course. Last month, several videos surfaced appearing to show a caddie dropping a new ball for the POTUS at a more favorable lie.
In response to one of the many clips, Reilly wrote: “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—— golf cheat.
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“His caddies also tee him up in the rough, toss his ball out of bunkers, and roll back six footers to him,” Reilly continued in a separate post. “How else is a 79-y-o fat guy supposed to win championships?”
One day prior, Trump faced another wave of criticism once he sunk a putt at Turnberry but chose not to retrieve his ball from the hole. As he strolled off the green, his caddie quickly dashed over to retrieve the ball, moments after his attempt to celebrate with the U.S. President was overlooked.
According to Reilly, Trump’s cheating ways and attitude on the links are the reasons why he’s the “WORST thing to ever happen” to the sport. “Now the world thinks it’s just 4 old fat rich white guys who drive their carts on the green, have their caddies cheat 4 them + lie that they won tournaments they didn’t even enter. Plz switch to pickleball,” he added.
