Trump golf handicap disputed amid new cheating | Golf News

US President Donald Trump’s current golf championship declare despatched his harshest critics scrambling to find video evidence of potential cheating, but Rick Reilly, who has beforehand performed alongside the president, says he has a clear understanding of Trump’s precise handicap without any alleged improprieties.

The most current controversy started after Trump’s reported 70 to secure both the Senior and Super Senior Men’s Club Championships at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster.

Golf specialists famous the “70” rating referenced both gross and web, indicating Trump was asserting a two-under efficiency at a difficult course at 80 years outdated while concurrently taking part in at a skilled degree with a course handicap of zero.

This led one consumer to quip that Trump must be the world’s most interesting 80 12 months outdated golfer. Reilly rapidly intervened online to dispel the commentary before Trump’s devoted MAGA supporters embraced the statements as fact.

“He’s not. I’ve played with him. He’s about a 13. His chipping is awful and his putting is yippy. If it weren’t for the caddies, he’d shoot about 90,” Reilly wrote.

Trump shared footage of his tournament-winning shot on Truth Social, boasting about the victory and claiming he had little to no training time forward of the event due to his Presidential duties.

“It’s called TALENT, and I have it, and they don’t!” Trump added. Reilly had beforehand forged doubt on Trump’s claimed membership championship tally, noting that the president’s complete mysteriously jumped from 26 to 36 titles in a single day, before someway reaching 41.

Reilly contends that no 80-year-old with Trump’s swing and short-game deficiencies may legitimately shoot 10 photographs under par for his age in a real membership championship. “If Trump can shoot 70, Oprah can dunk,” he wrote.

A fellow golfer carrying a 4-handicap issued Trump a straight-up problem for $1 million, asserting the head-to-head matchup would not even be aggressive. Reilly responded that he would “bet his house” against Trump under the same phrases.

Trump National Bedminster has beforehand performed host to the 2017 U.S. Women’s Open, junior USGA championships, and LIV Golf occasions. The President’s National Doral’s Blue Monster course is set to host a PGA Tour event in 2028.