Losing the PGA Championship in 2022 at Trump Bedminster? Now that really hurt

A man that used to complain that his predecessor, Barack Obama, played too much golf while in office has reportedly spent 298 days at a cost of $144m during his presidency at his Trump-owned golf properties with evidence of playing golf at least 150 times
Losing the PGA Championship in 2022 at Trump Bedminster? Now that really hurt

IN THE ROUGH: US President Donald Trump plays a round of golf at Trump Turnberry Luxury Collection Resort. The PGA of America withdrawing its 2022 championship from his New Jersey course stings him so much because it signals that even golf has turned on him.

As his days as President of the United States inch ever closer to the end – by 5pm Irish time on Wednesday at the latest — Donald J Trump has painted himself into a corner where even golf can provide no refuge.

His refusal to accept his decisive election defeat to president-elect Joe Biden sent Trump into an emotional spiral that has doomed his legacy and dimmed his future. He promulgated lies and false allegations of voter fraud that whipped his rabid base of supporters into a frenzy of mirrored delusion that his election victory was “stolen.” 

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