SOMEONE ADDED STROKES TO TRUMP’S OFFICIAL GOLF SCORES
President Donald Trump’s account on the U.S. Golf Association system was seemingly hacked to embarrass the president with four fabricated scores.
It appears someone obtained access to Trump’s page and posted awful scores of 101, 100, 108 and 102, according to Golfweek. Par in a round of golf is typically around 72, and Trump has traditionally posted more flattering scores in the 70s and 80s, which some skeptics say are not a true indicator of his golf game.
Craig Annis, managing director of communications for the USGA, said the organization will remove the scores and will seek to determine how they got there.
The fake scores were from games recorded at Trump National New York, Trump International in West Palm Beach, Fla., and the Cochise Course at Desert Mountain in Scottsdale, Ariz., according to Golfweek.
Trump spent his Saturday afternoon playing golf at the Trump International Golf Course in Sterling, Va. Although the president often railed against his predecessor for his golfing habits, Trump is expected to greatly outpace Barack Obama for days spent on the golf course, according to a site that tracks Trump’s golfing.
The fake scores appeared on the heels of a new book written by sportswriter Rick Reilly, “Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump,” which alleges that Trump habitually cheats at golf.
In 2015, months after Trump announced his run for president, The Washington Post’s Ben Terris interviewed people who had golfed with Trump who said he often bent the rules in his favor.