Golf reporter reveals Trump cheats at golf
The one thing that Trump has really devoted his energies to since ascending the presidency is playing golf.
He has so far played golf 41 times since taking office six months ago and has spent $55 million in taxpayer funds to do it.
The way a man approaches his passion can tell you a lot about
his character, and an upcoming expose by Golf.com’s Alan
Shipnuck has some very interesting
tidbits to share about the President.
As a man who loves his ratings and all measures of numerical
prowess that provide the concrete affirmation his hypersensitive ego yearns
for, it is very curious to note that the President has only officially recorded
three scores since 2014, giving him a handicap of 2.8.
This is because Trump essentially
cheats at golf.
Shipnuck remarks that “Trump will sometimes respond to a shot
he duffed by simply playing a second ball and carrying on as if
the first shot never happened.”
EDITOR'S NOTE: In late June, the golf world was abuzz over video capturing Trump's common practice of driving his golf cart right onto the green. As
Stephen Hennessey, a Golf Digest editor, put it: "We can't come up with a good reason for driving on the green (actually, we can think of a lot of bad reasons for doing so), other than the fact that when you're president and own the golf course you're playing, you have free rein. Yeah, we'll leave it at that."
This is a pretty accurate metaphor for Trump’s entire life.
When
he makes a mistake, he just pretends it never happened, cushioned by his
inherited wealth and his privilege.
He simply takes another shot, and again, and again, never having
to account for his mistakes and always walking away with a clean slate.
Thankfully, the looming Trump-Russia scandal is making it look
like he’s not going to get a second shot at the presidency.