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Title: Trump is golf's 'Commander in Cheat' says writer who has hit links with him
Post by: corbe on March 31, 2019, 05:15:56 pm
Trump is golf's 'Commander in Cheat' says writer who has hit links with him

by Zachary Halaschak

March 31, 2019 12:22 PM

A new book claims President Trump is a notorious cheat in golf, a sport on which Trump prides himself and uses to meet with high-level political figures and schmooze with the golf elite.

Rick Reilly, a former Sports Illustrated columnist who has played with Trump, alleges that cheating is part of Trump’s golf strategy in his new book “ Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump" which is out Tuesday.

“To say ‘Donald Trump cheats’ is like saying ‘Michael Phelps swims,” Reilly writes, according to the New York Post. “He cheats at the highest level. He cheats when people are watching and he cheats when they aren’t. He cheats whether you like it or not. He cheats because that’s how he plays golf.

“If you’re playing golf with him, he’s going to cheat,” Reilly adds.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-is-golfs-commander-in-cheat-says-writer-who-has-hit-links-with-him (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-is-golfs-commander-in-cheat-says-writer-who-has-hit-links-with-him)
Title: Re: Trump is golf's 'Commander in Cheat' says writer who has hit links with him
Post by: mountaineer on April 02, 2019, 12:36:15 pm
This isn't exactly "whataboutism," but  :shrug:
Clinton and Obama cheated at golf just as much. Unless they're competing in a sanctioned tournament, who really cares?
Title: Re: Trump is golf's 'Commander in Cheat' says writer who has hit links with him
Post by: mystery-ak on April 26, 2019, 12:44:50 am
Longtime sports writer claims in new book that Trump uses Secret Service to cheat at golf
By John Bowden - 04/25/19 07:37 PM EDT

A new book claims that President Trump has no problem stepping outside the rules of golf and calling in the Secret Service to help him cheat.

Sports writer Rick Reilly wrote in his new book "Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump" that the president often uses his caddy or even Secret Service agents to move his golf balls out of difficult spots when on the course, The Independent reported Thursday.

"Whether you’re his pharmacist of Tiger Woods, if you’re playing golf with him, he’s going to cheat,” Reilly wrote, adding: "He cheats at the highest level. He cheats when people are watching, and he cheats when they aren’t."

He also inflates his golf handicap, which the president professes to be 2.8, and has falsely claimed to have won more than a dozen club championships.

more
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/440767-longtime-sports-writer-claims-in-new-book-that-trump-uses-secret-service-to
Title: Re: Trump is golf's 'Commander in Cheat' says writer who has hit links with him
Post by: Victoria33 on April 26, 2019, 01:25:12 am
His entire life is a lie he tells.
Title: Re: Trump is golf's 'Commander in Cheat' says writer who has hit links with him
Post by: verga on April 26, 2019, 12:12:04 pm
I hear he also like to eat food from McDonalds. So what?
Chelsea Clinton used to complain that Bubba cheated at Putt Putt.
Title: Re: Trump is golf's 'Commander in Cheat' says writer who has hit links with him
Post by: rustynail on April 26, 2019, 12:55:35 pm
The walls are closing in.
Title: Re: Trump is golf's 'Commander in Cheat' says writer who has hit links with him
Post by: mountaineer on April 26, 2019, 01:45:23 pm
Tiger cheated, too, in more ways than one.  :whistle:
Title: Re: Trump is golf's 'Commander in Cheat' says writer who has hit links with him
Post by: jmyrlefuller on April 26, 2019, 04:54:21 pm
Wasn't this already posted weeks ago?
Title: Re: Trump is golf's 'Commander in Cheat' says writer who has hit links with him
Post by: MeshugeMikey on April 27, 2019, 05:44:12 pm
Quote from: Victoria33 on April 26, 2019, 01:25:12 am
His entire life is a lie he tells.

hes  malignant narcissist its what they do..its what they MUST DO to FEEL worthy of life

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Title: Re: Trump is golf's 'Commander in Cheat' says writer who has hit links with him
Post by: Mod1 on April 27, 2019, 06:09:36 pm
Quote from: jmyrlefuller on April 26, 2019, 04:54:21 pm
Wasn't this already posted weeks ago?
Yes. Threads have been merged.
Title: Re: Trump is golf's 'Commander in Cheat' says writer who has hit links with him
Post by: aligncare on April 27, 2019, 08:06:41 pm
Rush played with Trump couple of times. He says Trump is also generous with strokes, giving the guests in his party lots of mulligans. It all depends on the setting.

I play. Sometimes a round can be as serious as a heart attack and club rules strictly apply, other times and with other players we horse around and no one gives a hoot about who’s fudging scores.

What the haters won’t stoop to writing about just to sell books.
Title: Re: Trump is golf's 'Commander in Cheat' says writer who has hit links with him
Post by: mountaineer on April 27, 2019, 09:01:36 pm
As an avid golfer,  I would guess the ones complaining are the ones who know nothing about recreational golf.
Title: Re: Trump is golf's 'Commander in Cheat' says writer who has hit links with him
Post by: corbe on April 27, 2019, 09:20:18 pm
   I would tend to agree with you @mountaineer as the OP I'll admit that I posted this strictly as a jab against Trump. 
   Like last weeks picture of him and Rush golfing I thought his driver was photoshopped (long) until you enlightened me that drivers vary in length depending on how far you stand away from the ball in your swing.

   PS:  Currently watching the PGA Tour in Nawlins.
Title: Re: Trump is golf's 'Commander in Cheat' says writer who has hit links with him
Post by: mountaineer on April 27, 2019, 10:02:34 pm
Unless you're playing in a USGA sanctioned event, it's really no big deal to take a mulligan here or there. When I'm golfing, as long as no one is behind me, I hit extra shots just for practice. Obviously, if I were playing in some sort of official event, I'd be stuck with whatever crappy shot I took, and have to hit it from whatever bad spot I put it.
Title: Re: Trump is golf's 'Commander in Cheat' says writer who has hit links with him
Post by: Cyber Liberty on April 28, 2019, 01:57:03 am
Quote from: MeshugeMikey on April 27, 2019, 05:44:12 pm
hes  malignant narcissist its what they do..its what they MUST DO to FEEL worthy of life

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@MeshugeMikey

Hey!  Where ya been?
Title: Re: Trump is golf's 'Commander in Cheat' says writer who has hit links with him
Post by: MeshugeMikey on April 29, 2019, 04:00:08 am
posting endless insults to donna twump on twitter.

being threatened by small children with bodly harm on facedbook...

i was banned form trumps twitter account once....for FIVE FULL HOURS.....but i wont cry over that spilled milk


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Title: Re: Trump is golf's 'Commander in Cheat' says writer who has hit links with him
Post by: Cyber Liberty on April 29, 2019, 01:40:20 pm
Quote from: MeshugeMikey on April 29, 2019, 04:00:08 am
posting endless insults to donna twump on twitter.

being threatened by small children with bodly harm on facedbook...

i was banned form trumps twitter account once....for FIVE FULL HOURS.....but i wont cry over that spilled milk


(https://i.imgur.com/PsAytFY.gif)

Badge of honor, @MeshugeMikey.  I don't do Twit, but I'm on Bookface and I got banned a few times from a group there, without even posting anything.  Exiled something....

Well, I won't ban you here.  It takes a lot to get the hammer.
Title: Re: Trump is golf's 'Commander in Cheat' says writer who has hit links with him
Post by: MeshugeMikey on April 29, 2019, 11:23:52 pm
this week sees the launch pf market testing of the Trump 2020 Campaign Banners
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