Posted on 09/27/2022 1:18:32 PM PDT by conservative98
Golf Digest is taking a lot of heat for its recent tweet ranking U.S. presidents by their golf handicaps.
The tweet is being blasted, most especially because it awarded Donald Trump its top score of 2.8 while handing Joe Biden the number two slot at 6.7. Detractors went wild claiming that neither of the two ratings could be correct.
Many commenters on the magazine’s tweet blasted Donald Trump as a “liar” and used that as a basis to doubt the 2.8 handicap rating:
Of note, sports writer and serial fabulist Rick Reilly also chimed in on the magazine’s scores, writing, “Wrong on Trump (10 at best). Wrong on Biden (no chance). Wrong on Nixon (a 15 at best and only took the game up to suck up to Ike), wrong on Taft (way worse) and wrong on FDR (won many REAL amateur events b4 polio).”
In another reply, Reilly doubted Biden’s 6.7, saying, “Biden WAS a 6 a long long time ago.”
While Reilly’s corrections of the Golf Digest scores may not seem to be too far off the mark, it is hard to believe anything he says after he has been caught outright lying and getting facts seriously wrong in his past reporting.
Many commenters on the magazine’s tweet blasted Donald Trump as a “liar” and used that as a basis to doubt the 2.8 handicap rating:
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Let’s not forget George Washington’s 67 at the opening round of the 1791 US Open. And that was some serious rough back then. :)
Narrative uber alles.
The course was next to one of those airports he protected during the Revolutionary War, so there was a lot of noise distracting him.
Rush Limbaugh often remarked on Trump’s golfing ability and massive tee shots.
I seem to remember that the Half Black Messiah was quite generous about awarding himself mulligans.
even doubling Trump’s score, he STILL beats the FJB...
It doesn't take much to trigger Dems. /snicker
You win
How long ago did Slow Joe have a 7 handicap?
And yet Trump can’t be found to have lied.
It’s so great to have the media taking people to task for
lying.
I thought that was Chuck Norris…. ??
What they really don’t like, is that their god Obama came in at 13th place.
They know he walks on water, so he has to have the best handicap.
Reagan did play golf, but not as much as some of the others.
OK, but then I’d wonder if they base it on “presidential golf”. As opposed to past golf, etc.
I remember a broadcast by Rush Limbaugh about 10 -15 years ago. I was living in West Palm Beach at the time and had played the Trump course a once or twice as a guest. Rush was an enthusiastic golfer and played enough to be competitive. He told the audience that before the round, Trump had mentioned that he was a 6 handicap. Rush told the audience that he was skeptical, but that he kept his opinion to himself. His final thoughts were, “I don’t know if Trump is a 6 handicap or not. But the day we played, he was definitely a 6 or better.”
End of the story.
I doubt Kennedy. Ford is higher and is known to have said when asked privately about Clinton’s character, “He cheats at Golf.”
Kid Rock said his PDJT’s golf is “far better” than his, and Greg Norman stated so as well. Simple logic: anyone who owns and builds golf courses have exceptional gold skills.
These loons believe that men can have babies, but can’t fathom that golf-course-owning Trump could be good at golf, so blinded by hate are they.
Drooling buffoons.
Lol!
DAMN; That’s gotta count as a hole in one!
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