Speaking about Donald Trump’s sneaky golf cheating tactics, Rick Reilly claimed the former host of “The Apprentice” had a tricky workaround for being a champion. On March 26, Reilly told MSNBC that Trump has once said to him, “Anytime I buy a new course, I play the first round all by myself, and then I declare myself the club champion.”
Trump has made multiple boasts about his achievements on his golf courses. He announced himself as the winner of the Senior Club Championship at Trump International Golf Club in January 2023. “You need strength and stamina to WIN, & I have strength & stamina – most others don’t. You also need strength & stamina to GOVERN!,” he wrote on Truth Social at the time. Later, Trump’s claims on his own golf course led to a political spat with Joe Biden.
A year after announcing his club dominance at Trump International Golf Club, Trump once again spoke about his great play on the links on March 24. According to a post on Truth Social, the one-time president said he had taken home the course’s championship and senior club trophies. “I won both!” he wrote. President Biden noticed the post and took it to X, formerly Twitter, to offer a wry response. “Congratulations, Donald. Quite the accomplishment,” Biden wrote alongside a screenshot of Trump’s Truth Social post. Discussions about Trump doing anything for the upper hand on the golf course have been long-running and even included an LPGA player.
