Supposedly, former U.S. President Donald Trump plays to a 2.5 handicap, according to the USGA’s Golf Handicap Information Network (GHIN).
Donald Trump’s hilarious wedge shank leaves fans trolling former Commander in Chief
Former President Donald Trump is listed as having a 2.5 handicap on the golf course, but from the look of this shot, that’s not likely.
Jack Milko has been playing golf since he was five years old. He has yet to record a hole-in-one, but he did secure an M.A. in Sports Journalism from St. Bonaventure University.
The famous Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, is listed as his home course, but Trump notoriously plays all over the world, mostly at various properties he and his company own.
This past week, Trump was playing one of his courses in California, and one of his shots was caught on video and then posted to social media by Twitter user @rsp3k22.
“Trump’s shooting right now. Let’s see if he can hit the green,” the videographer said in the video. “Oh, he shanked it!”
The 45th President faced a short wedge shot from the front of the green.
With a barrage of golf carts behind him, Trump stepped up, made a few waggles with his wedge, and then shanked it!
His ball tricked up to some bushes next to the green, and finally settled to the right of the green-side bunker. He ended up farther from the hole than where he started.
His shot resembled that of a 30-handicapper, not of a golfer that carries a low-single-digit.
Regardless if Trump is fibbing his handicap or not, the reactions to this video are priceless:
Famed Sports Illustrated writer and author Rick Reilly wrote a book titled Commander in Cheat in 2019, which details Trump’s idiosyncracies on the golf course.
“Just give me a 4,” Reilly tweeted in response to this video.
The 45th President has plenty of peculiar behaviors on the golf course, with one of them being that he often does not finish holes.
For instance, he will hit a shot onto the green, face a 30-footer, but count that putt as a gimme.
No wonder why he often plays in three hours or less.
Yet, based on this video, maybe the former President should work on his short game.
Jack Milko is a golf staff writer for SB Nation’s Playing Through. You can follow him on Twitter @jack_milko for more golf coverage. Be sure to check out @_PlayingThrough too.
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