Trump infuriates golf world with 'unforgivable' act
Donald Trump is the president of the United States, and a well-known golf aficionado.
While we can debate whether he obstructed justice in an FBI investigation, whether his associates colluded with Russia in the course of the 2016 election, whether he has substituted ALL-CAPS TWEETS for nuanced foreign policy or whether his administration has contributed to an environment where rage is the prevailing mood, we can all agree on this:
Mr. President, you do not drive your golf cart on the green.
Yes, yes, you are the most powerful man in the world. And yes, you own the green and everything around it at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, one of 17 golf courses around the world that carries your name.
Still, sir: a golf cart? On the green? Just weeks before the US Women's Open? Why, it's the golf etiquette equivalent of putting tomato sauce on a well-done steak!
(For the non-golfers: running the thick tires of a heavy cart over a green can put trenches in the delicate grass, making it tougher for the people following behind you to putt and ruining the hard work of the maintenance crews. It's a breach of decorum that has gotten people evicted and banned from golf courses...ones they don't themselves own, of course.)
Anyway, look. It is his course, and he can do what he wishes.
Fans are understandably fuming on social media:
What are you DOING????#Trump #Golf #StopIthttps://t.co/oIpUempsGY
— Gabe Iglesia (@GabeIglesia) June 23, 2017
What the hell, Trump? You don't drive the cart on the green, even if they are yours! https://t.co/gAWc7V3lUF pic.twitter.com/gBuruCzjIs
— Ryan Ballengee (@RyanBallengee) June 22, 2017
In most monstrous act of this or any presidency, Trump drives golf cart on green: https://t.co/6VZ8KSiMmy pic.twitter.com/00iyAuGgsV
— Slate (@Slate) June 22, 2017
This is unacceptable...driving on the green. Sad! #notmypresident https://t.co/hnhhx3oJs0
— Chris King (@Cking2114) June 22, 2017
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