WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Not even spending most of his time in courtrooms attempting to defend himself from 88 felony counts can slow down Donald Trump’s golf game.
The former president boasted Sunday of adding two more championships to his long self-proclaimed list, saying on his social media site he won not only the Club Championship but also the Senior Club Championship at his course in West Palm Beach.
The post, which appeared on Truth Social, was sent during Trump International’s awards night.
“It is my great honor to be at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach tonight, AWARDS NIGHT, to receive THE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY & THE SENIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY,” the 77-year-old Trump wrote.
“I WON BOTH!”
The post concluded with Trump adding: “A large and golfing talented membership, a GREAT and difficult course, make the play very exciting. The qualifying and match play was amazing. A large and distinguished group will be there tonight. Very exciting, thank you!!!”
The post was mocked by President Joe Biden who reposted Trump.
“Congratulations, Donald. Quite the accomplishment,” Biden wrote.
Jack Nicklaus was on hand Sunday to present Trump with the 2024 Trump International Golf Club Most Improved Player award.
Jack Nicklaus prepares to present Donald Trump with the 2024 Trump International Golf Club Most Improved Player award on March 24, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Trump’s many claims about his golfing prowess have been met with much skepticism. A year ago, he bragged about having won the Senior Club Championship in West Palm Beach, despite not playing the first round of the tournament.
In August, he posted that he captured the Senior Club Championship at his course in Bedminster, New Jersey, by shooting a 67, a score that would have beaten all but six of the 144 rounds on that same course weeks earlier in a LIV Golf event.
Trump concluded that post by saying: “For some reason, I am just a good golfer/athlete – I have won many Club Championships, and it is always a great honor!”
Brian Jack, a MAGA Congressional candidate from Georgia, recently praised Trump for his golf skills by saying he “put to shame two professional golfers,” by shooting “a 70 on 18 holes.”
Trump bragging about his golfing exploits, and being accused of cheating on the course, goes back many years.
Those dubious claims on the course are legendary, and were the subject of a 2019 book by sportswriter Rick Reilly: “Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump.”
“Trump doesn’t just cheat at golf,” Reilly wrote. “He throws it, boots it, and moves it. He lies about his lies. He fudges and foozles and fluffs. At Winged Foot, where Trump is a member, the caddies got so used to seeing him kick his ball back onto the fairway they came up with a nickname for him: ‘Pele.’ ”
Trump, who honed his golf skills many weekends in West Palm Beach while serving as President, is a staunch supporter of LIV Golf and has played in many pro-ams leading up to LIV events held at his properties.
LIV is returning to Trump National Doral next week. Last October, though, Trump was a no-show for the LIV event in Doral, not even participating in the pro-am, which was held the day after Trump attended his civil fraud trial in New York. Trump is facing four criminal cases.
It is unknown if Trump will play the pro-am at Doral next week. But if he’s not in court, he just may want to continue that decades-long hot streak he claims to be on … on the course, that is.
And even if he’s not there, he still can say he won.