trump ill be busy working for you i wont have time to golf

Bill Clinton was infamous for his “Billigans” - taking do-over shots openly and without remorse. Trump is hardly the first president accused of bending the rules at golf.

And I expect you to cheat because we’re going to beat those two guys today.” Open to be played at Winged Foot, told Reilly that Trump began one game with him as a partner by warning: “You see those two guys? They cheat. Photo by Peter Morrison / ASSOCIATED PRESSīryan Marsal, the chair of the 2020 U.S. Trump’s alleged misdeeds on and around the golf course are the subject of a new book by former sports columnist Rick Reilly, called “Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump.” Reilly documents dozens of examples of exaggerations and underhanded play by the president. Article content In this Jfile photo, President Donald Trump waves to protesters while playing golf at Turnberry golf club, in Turnberry, Scotland. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. At Winged Foot Golf Club in New York, the only non-Trump property where the president is a member, Reilly writes, “The caddies got so used to seeing him kick his ball back onto the fairway they came up with a nickname for him: ‘Pele.”‘ That’s the world soccer star from Brazil. Reilly quotes players who accuse Trump, his caddie and Secret Service agents of regularly moving his golf balls out of difficult lies. Says Reilly: “I don’t know much about politics, but I know golf and it really offended me, not as a voter or as a citizen - just as a golfer.” Trump’s cheating, Reilly said, motivated him to write the book. Outside of formal tournaments, golf is a game of honour in which individual players act as their own referees, keep their own scores and assess themselves penalties for rule violations. “You’ve heard so much about it, it’s almost like you want to witness it so you can tell the stories,” Faxon is quoted as saying. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.

Trump ill be busy working for you i wont have time to golf