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USA Today
5 days ago
- Politics
- USA Today
Trump claims to have won a fifth golf championship since his inauguration 10 weeks ago
The end of the golf season in South Florida does not mean the end of Donald Trump's claims on the course. The President has shifted his golf game from Trump International West Palm Beach to his course in Bedminster, New Jersey. But the change in scenery apparently has not slowed down the 79-year-old when it comes to declaring himself a champion. Trump boasted on his Truth Social website on Sunday that he won the member-member championship at Bedminster with partner Tommy Urciuoli. "In between meetings and phone calls, it was a Great Honor to win the Member-Member Championship, at Trump National, Bedminster (Gross, no strokes), with Tommy Urciuoli as my partner. The Many other competitors were not only great Golfers, but also terrific people!" Trump wrote. Trump has taken at least 8 Florida golf trips in last 10 weeks Trump has worked diligently on his golf game since starting his second term. In the first 10 weeks since the Jan. 20 inauguration, Trump had at least eight golf outings to his courses in Palm Beach County, Florida. And his boasts now have become legendary. Trump, who never loses an event at one of his tournaments, once said he: Trump now is claiming five championships this year, including teaming with Finnish President Alexander Stubb to win the Men's Member-Guest tournament in late March at Trump International West Palm Beach. He also was declared the winner at the Senior Club Championship at Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter one week later. In March, while posting he won the Club Championship at Trump International West Palm Beach, Trump added it would "probably" be his last. He's up to three more claims since then. Trump was asked about his handicap in March while aboard Air Force One. "Very low," he said. "I've a very low handicap." That was after he announced he had won the Senior Club Championship at his course outside of West Palm Beach. "Very good," when asked how the golf tournament was. "Because I won. It's good to win. You heard I won, right? Did you hear I won? I like to win." In his 2023 post about carding a 67 at Bedminster, Trump said: "For some reason, I am just a good golfer/athlete − I have won many Club Championships, and it is always a great honor!" Tom D'Angelo is a senior sports columnist and reporter for The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA Today network. He can be reached at tdangelo@
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump's Brazen New Golf Boast Goes Up In Flames On Social Media
Trump's Brazen New Golf Boast Goes Up In Flames On Social Media President Donald Trump on Sunday bragged about winning yet another golf championship ― but not everyone is buying it. The president wrote on his Truth Social website that he and partner Tommy Urciuoli won the member-member championship at Trump's Bedminster golf club. Advertisement Trump has a remarkable record of success at golf, but much of that success comes on his own courses, including at least three other championships at Trump clubs this year alone. Sportswriter Rick Reilly ― who has golfed with Trump ― has said in the past there's a reason for that: He cheats. Reilly told MSNBC last year that Trump cheats 'like a mafia accountant' and called his championships 'fake as Velveeta cheese.' 'He's never won a championship at a course he doesn't own and operate,' Reilly said. '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. So he wins when anybody who disagrees that he won is out of the club. That's how he gets it.' Advertisement Reilly wrote an entire book on how Trump cheats at golf. Trump's critics on social media also found it hard to believe that the president won yet another championship ― and, again, on a course he owns:
