Donald Trump Cannot Play a Private Round of Golf

Donald Trump seems to have an exaggerated sense of secrecy when it comes to his golf rounds. While Candidate Trump thrived on public appearances at his golf courses and with golf celebrities, President Trump is less enthusiastic about media coverage of his golfing habits.

Some in the media have charged that the new President tried to keep the press pool that follows him everywhere inside and away from his activities on the links. It’s a curious situation, to say the least.

Most of us, particularly those of us who love and play the game, think its perfectly understandable that President Trump slips off to one or another of his golf courses as often as he can manage it. If I owned all those golf courses I’d be playing them too!

Although Dwight Eisenhower is the only US President who could boast membership at Augusta National Golf Club, that hallowed ground of American golf, golfing chief executives are the norm rather than the exception on the American scene.

Still, the media have proven themselves shrewd and creative Trump Trackers when it comes to documenting Presidential Golf. This shot that was posted to Twitter seems to have been taken through a window or from inside a room, or both.

After a Hard Day at the Office

But who wouldn’t want to escape to the tranquility of the golf course after unleashing some missiles on Syria, ordering some big boats to head for the Western Pacific on an unspecified mission, and spending a couple of days entertaining China’s President Xi Jinping.

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It should come as no surprise that Donald Trump the President is slipping off to the golf course. It’s a game he’s played, and played fairly well, for some time. At one point he owned the low amateur record at Trump International.

Even at 70, a point when many of us begin to see our golf swing slow down and our distance diminish, the President has retained a fundamentally powerful swing. Rory McIlroy reported after his round that Trump plays a pretty good game of golf.

So if he likes the game and he’s good at it, what’s the big secret about how much time Donald Trump spends on the golf course? Am I missing something?

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Do you care how many times Donal Trump plays a round of golf? How many is too many if you’re the President of the US?

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