'It's 100% true': Eyebrows raised at wild Donald Trump feat
Former US President Donald Trump has never been one to stay out of the headlines for too long and he was at it again on Tuesday, claiming a wild feat at one of his golf courses.
Trump had been golfing with hall of fame player Ernie Els when he hit the hole in one at his club in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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After images were shared of the moment by Republican Senate hopeful Tim Swain, people on social media were so sceptical of the achievement that Trump was prompted to post a statement on his website about it.
The photo showed Trump celebrating on the green with Hall of Fame golfer Ernie Els, Gene Sauers, Ken Duke and Mike Goodes.
He also included some footage of him walking to the hole.
The former president said the hole in one was '100% true' in the statement, before going on to suggest he had gone on to win the game - though he didn't reveal the actual winner.
"Many people are asking, so I'll give it to you now, it is 100% true," Trump wrote in the statement.
Despite there being a "rather strong wind," the ball "bounced twice and then went clank, into the hole" at the seventh hole, scoring him a hole-in-one, Trump said.
“I made a hole-in-one…I am a very modest individual…I don’t like people who brag!” Trump says. https://t.co/GC16ar57fm
— John Haltiwanger (@jchaltiwanger) March 29, 2022
A lot of people are questioning the veracity of Mr. Trump’s claim that he shot a hole in one. Why?! Because of the absence of any other balls on the green? C’mon! Not all world class golfers reach the green even when an obese, septuagenarian, compulsive liar does! No cynicism!
— Ken Olin (@kenolin1) March 29, 2022
"These great tour players noticed it before I did because their eyes are slightly better, but on that one hole only, their swings weren't," he said.
According to the Trump International Golf Club website, the seventh hole involves a water element that guards the front and right side of the par-3 hole.
Trump ended his statement by saying he wouldn't disclose who won the game.
"I won't tell you who won because I am a very modest individual, and you will then say I was bragging-and I don't like people who brag!" he said.
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