{"id":43979,"date":"2025-08-04T06:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T06:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/43979\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T06:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T06:31:08","slug":"trumps-big-golf-boast-backfires-amid-renewed-cheating-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/43979\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s Big Golf Boast Backfires Amid Renewed Cheating Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

The White House over the weekend bragged that President Donald Trump<\/a> won yet another golf<\/a> tournament just as a new video emerged that some say shows him cheating.<\/p>\n

\u201cWinning on and off the course,\u201d the White House wrote on X<\/a>, along with an image of a scorecard showing Trump shot a 69 \u2015 67 after adjusting for his handicap \u2015 to win the men\u2019s senior championship at his Bedminster club.<\/p>\n

But the claim comes as Trump faces renewed accusations of cheating at the game, with\u00a0many critics pointing to<\/a>\u00a0a video of him in Scotland last week in which the caddie casually dropped the ball for him.<\/p>\n

The day before Trump\u2019s latest tournament, sportswriter Rick Reilly<\/a> \u2015 who has golfed with Trump and authored an entire book detailing how he cheats<\/a> at the game \u2015 wondered aloud if the president would dare to declare himself the winner.<\/p>\n

\u201cTomorrow is the Senior Champ at Bedminster,\u201d he wrote on X<\/a>. \u201cAre you shameless enough to pretend you won it? Even after the whole planet saw you cheat in Scotland? Is your ego that sick?\u201d<\/p>\n

After Trump won, he wrote in a follow-up: \u201cGuess we got our answer. What a child.\u201d<\/p>\n

After another new video surfaced<\/a> showing a caddie dropping the ball for Trump \u2015 this time in Bedminster, possibly from the day of the tournament \u2015 Reilly added:<\/p>\n

So you know, it’s NEVER legal for your caddy to drop a ball. YOU can drop one, but never on a green. And since this was a full-score event, its not legal for Trump to drag the ball into the hole. No, no, never.
Our president is a f*cking golf cheat. https:\/\/t.co\/zd39cv78XM<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rick Reilly (@ReillyRick) August 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Reilly has previously pointed out that Trump only wins on the courses he owns as more evidence he cheats.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s played in Pebble Beach, he\u2019s played in the Tahoe one, where there are rules and judges and cameras. And in those, he\u2019s never finished in the top half,\u201d he said on MSNBC last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Others who\u2019ve played with the president have also accused him of cheating, including boxer Oscar De La Hoya<\/a>, who once explained in detail<\/a> some of Trump\u2019s tricks.<\/p>\n

Rock icon\/golf enthusiast Alice Cooper<\/a> didn\u2019t quite come out and call Trump a cheater.<\/p>\n

But he came close.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe worst celebrity golf cheat? I wish I could tell you that,\u201d he told Q magazine in 2012<\/a>. \u201cIt would be a shocker. I played golf with Donald Trump one time. That\u2019s all I\u2019m going to say.\u201d<\/p>\n

Given that history \u2015 and the recent videos \u2015 Trump\u2019s critics weren\u2019t about to grant him a gimme on his latest championship claim:<\/p>\n

I think the numbers are rigged who should we fire now?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Tracey Gallagher (@asmartbrunette1) August 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Trump cheated at golf just like he cheats at everything else.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jacob R. Adkins (@JacobRAdkins3) August 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Tell you what, next time he \u201ccompetes\u201d let someone video the entire round and post it, unedited. But I bet he\u2019s too chicken shit for that. https:\/\/t.co\/I7076EvhNM<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bob Dalton (@BobD_313) August 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

This is the weirdest thing Trump does. <\/p>\n

79 year olds don\u2019t shoot 69. He just straight up lies about his golf score like a North Korean leader would. https:\/\/t.co\/rHvrM2MCvV<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 A Fellow Chucker, Eh? (@RuFiOooooh) August 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n