Cameron, the golfer with a £7m wedge
After pitching for Greensill landed him in deep water but made him a fortune, it’s . . .
AFTER more sensational revelations in the Greensill saga, it’s no surprise that David Cameron was knocked a bit off course last week.
The former Prime Minister was clearly experiencing the rough side of life as he was photographed in public for the first time since it was reported he made an astonishing £7.2 million before the controversial finance firm went bust.
Mr Cameron, 54, was spotted on the coastal St Enodoc course, close to his £2 million holiday home in Cornwall. Unfortunately, the round didn’t go entirely to plan – at one point he hit a wayward shot into the long grass and had to rescue the situation with the help of his wedge.
Onlookers said he appeared ‘ distant’ as his reputation languishes due to his association with shamed financier Lex Greensill. One friend told The Mail on Sunday: ‘He was having a good round but looked worn out from the hilly course. He also seemed a bit distant from the people he was playing with, not really interacting. He was in a world of his own. It was a bit like he had the weight of the world on his shoulders.’
Mr Cameron bought his Cornish bolthole in 2017 – the year before taking on his controversial parttime advisory role with Greensill.
He took to the golf course after last week’s BBC Panorama programme reported that over a twoand-a-half-year period, he made an eye-watering $10 million before tax in shares, salary and a bonus from the finance firm.
Mr Cameron has disputed the figure but refuses to say how much he was paid other than it was ‘far more’ than his salary as Prime Minister, which was about £150,000.
During his time at Greensill, he sent 56 texts and emails to civil servants and Ministers, including Chancellor Rishi Sunak, pleading for the firm to get Government-backed Covid loans. Greensill collapsed in March, costing 480 jobs and putting thousands of others in the steel sector at risk.
No doubt Mr Cameron, who has been cleared of any wrongdoing, will be hoping to putt his troubles behind him soon – or heading back to his bunker.