Columnist unmasks Trump's golf con in scathing takedown: 'Fluffing up his lies'

A columnist on Monday pointed to President Donald Trump's history of golfing and suggested he could be hitting the links in a state of delusion.

Rick Reilly, a Washington Post contributing columnist, said the president's praise of his own golf game has left him skeptical of the player-in-chief's skill set.

"You people make me sick," Reilly quipped. "Just because President Donald Trump is 80 years old with a pancake-flat golf swing and the chipping skills of Edward Scissorhands, you refuse to believe he could shoot a 70 and hog two trophies a couple of weeks ago at his Bedminster course in New Jersey."

Trump has boasted his skills on the green, despite the truth.

"Fast forward to 2024, and by my unofficial Trump Brag count, he had 26," Reilly wrote. "That’s eight championships in 11 years. Which is Tiger Woods-like, except no objective witness would call me back to vouch that any of them were legit. Not the head pro, not the guys he played with, not any of his hardworking caddies, who drop balls for him the way the Easter Bunny drops eggs for toddlers."

And Trump's caddies know the drill.

"Well, actually, what Trump has is caddies waiting out ahead on the course, fluffing up his lies, throwing his balls out of bunkers and picking up eight-foot putts they’ve decided he doesn’t need to make," Reilly wrote. "I talked to an ex-caddy of his, who said, 'Everybody knows the deal. He has to win the tournament and shoot the lowest score. It’s your job to make sure.'"

Ultimately, Trump wants to win. And he's willing to do what it takes, arguing he has 43 wins.

"The guy might be right," Reilly added. "Heck, by Christmas, it could be 50. By April, he might have won the Masters. After all, at 80 years old, Trump is playing not only the best golf of his life, but the best amateur golf in the history of the sport."