11/15/2020

GOLF/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump paid a visit to Trump National Golf Club in Potomac Falls, Va. on Nov. 14, representing the 294th time the 45th President has visited one of his 17 golf clubs (and, for most of them, presumably played some golf) since becoming President on Jan. 20, 2017. He has now paid 296 visits to any golf course as President…

Trump prefers to play golf in the mornings, while the Secret Service follows around Trump in golf carts that, so far, have cost American taxpayers nearly $765,000 to use. The Secret Service has spent over $950,000 to stay overnight at Trump-owned properties, including his New Jersey country club…

Trump ended 2017 with 91 golf course visits and was just shy of 100 visits in Year 1 as President. In his second year as President, Trump played golf 76 times. In his third year, he played golf 91 times. All but two rounds of golf has been at his clubs…

The President is certainly entitled to some leisure time, and golf has been an outlet for most Commanders-in-Chief dating back to the early 20th century. However, the reluctance to even acknowledge that this President plays golf conflicts with his almost relentless criticism of his predecessor, Barack Obama, who played an estimated 333 rounds of golf as President [over 8 years].”

-Golf News Net, “Donald Trump visited the golf course for the 296th time as President,” thegolfnewsnet.com, Nov. 15, 2020