Brooks Koepka and Donald Trump during the Pro-Am tournament before the LIV Golf series at Trump National Doral. (Photo: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports)
Depends who you ask. Hall of Famer Ernie Els witnessed a hole-in-one by Trump last year at West Palm Beach. I asked Els to assess Trump’s game.
“He can really strike the ball,” Els said. “He makes good contact. He’s got a good swing. Like any amateur, you got to do the short game practice. I keep talking to him about his chipping. He’s a pretty good putter. Back in his day, he had to be a 4- or 5-handicap. Today, he’s probably a 10, 12.”
If you praise Trump’s game, it’s definitely not fake news.
Trump has played with the best of the best. Jack Nicklaus, Els, Woods, Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka among them.
“President Trump plays pretty well, not bad at all,” Nicklaus said in 2020.
Koepka played nine holes with Trump last year in the Pro-Am at Doral before the LIV event. When asked about Trump’s game he gave a lukewarm endorsement.
“I think he’s actually a pretty good putter,” Koepka said. “He had a lot of good putts today that just didn’t go in.”
Trump stopped several times to chat between holes during the Pro-Am at Doral. “Where are the golf writers?” he said at one point. “What do you think? Trump is pretty good, isn’t he?”
Later, when he was asked what he thought about his game, Trump said: “I hit it straight, I hit good drives, I hit good irons.”
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