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struggle4progress

(124,695 posts) Sun Jul 27, 2025, 05:13 PM Jul 27

Cheating at golf in Scotland

Caught Cheating?
Footage from Scotland shows caddie tossing ball into fescue for Trump
J.D. Wolf
2 hours ago

... one of Trump’s caddies walks ahead of his golf cart and appears to discreetly toss a ball into the fescue — the long grass typically framing the rough — as Trump looks on. Trump then exits the cart and approaches it as if it were his original shot.

The video has reignited long-standing accusations that Trump regularly cheats at golf, a claim well-documented in past reporting, including anecdotes from professional players and former associates ...

https://meidasnews.com/news/caught-in-the-rough-trump-accused-of-golf-cheating

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Cheating at golf in Scotland (Original Post) struggle4progress Jul 27 OP

The Scottish member of Parliament said "Sometimes, what a bully needs, is to be stood up to". Amen, brother, amen. FadedMullet Jul 27 #1

how much did he pay the caddie? pansypoo53219 Jul 27 #2

most likely 0. AllaN01Bear Jul 27 #9

I'm wondering if the caddies are Scottish? FakeNoose Jul 27 #10

I think that caddie was his diaper boy Kashyap Pramod Patel Blue Owl Jul 27 #15

Some people are saying it was a legal "drop," to take relief from a hazard (an unplayable lie). sop Jul 27 #3

Caddies can't drop for the player. Kingofalldems Jul 27 #4

You can clearly see him sneakily flipping the ball backwards as he walks past the spot. sop Jul 27 #6

I bet he had to sign an NDA. Kingofalldems Jul 27 #8

No matter what the argument, young_at_heart Jul 27 #5

He probably thought "Goldfinger" was an instructional film. Harker Jul 27 #7

And this is the asshole 77 million racist scum trust with nuclear bombs Submariner Jul 27 #11

I'm certain that Trump took the mandated one stroke penalty for that drop. Gimpyknee Jul 27 #12

Krasnov cheats at everything, marriage, taxes, contracts, treaties etc. MLWR Jul 27 #13

This fucker is such a colossal LOSER who in their right mind supports him? Blue Owl Jul 27 #14

trump cheats at everything LetMyPeopleVote Jul 28 #16

"When you're a star they let you do it. You can do anything." Heidi Jul 28 #17

It really seems like doing this should trigger an ancestral curse of some kind 0rganism Jul 28 #18

Damn low, even for a repube BoRaGard Jul 28 #19

Trump whined that the Secret Service made it harder for him to cheat at golf: report LetMyPeopleVote Jul 28 #20

FadedMullet

(516 posts)

1. The Scottish member of Parliament said "Sometimes, what a bully needs, is to be stood up to". Amen, brother, amen.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 05:33 PM

Jul 27

pansypoo53219

(22,615 posts)

2. how much did he pay the caddie?

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 05:39 PM

Jul 27

hope he got the cash up front.

AllaN01Bear

(27,498 posts)

9. most likely 0.

Reply to pansypoo53219 (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 07:54 PM

Jul 27

wont pay at all.

FakeNoose

(38,799 posts)

10. I'm wondering if the caddies are Scottish?

Reply to pansypoo53219 (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 07:56 PM

Jul 27

If they are, they're probably disgusted and embarrassed working for such an obvious cheater. On the other hand, maybe the caddies are really his Secret Service guys, and they're already used to his golf cheating.

Blue Owl

(57,439 posts)

15. I think that caddie was his diaper boy Kashyap Pramod Patel

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #10)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 11:20 PM

Jul 27

sop

(16,234 posts)

3. Some people are saying it was a legal "drop," to take relief from a hazard (an unplayable lie).

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 05:40 PM

Jul 27

Last edited Sun Jul 27, 2025, 09:05 PM - Edit history (1)

USGA rule on "dropping" (Scottish rules are pretty much the same): "When taking relief, whether with penalty or without, you must drop a ball. The ball must be dropped straight down from knee height, must be dropped by you (or your partner), must first strike the ground within your relief area or on the line when taking back-on-the-line relief, and must remain within the relief area. Your caddie is not allowed to drop your ball."

https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/rules-hub/topics/dropping.html

Ohviously, the guy (a caddie?) who "dropped" Trump's ball wasn't following the rules, he was cheating to help his player.

Kingofalldems

(39,905 posts)

4. Caddies can't drop for the player.

Reply to sop (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 05:41 PM

Jul 27

And he was sneaky about it too.

sop

(16,234 posts)

6. You can clearly see him sneakily flipping the ball backwards as he walks past the spot.

Reply to Kingofalldems (Reply #4)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 05:51 PM

Jul 27

A more furtive caddie would make a hole in his pocket and drop the ball straight down his pant leg.

Kingofalldems

(39,905 posts)

8. I bet he had to sign an NDA.

Reply to sop (Reply #6)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 06:28 PM

Jul 27

young_at_heart

(3,973 posts)

5. No matter what the argument,

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 05:48 PM

Jul 27

he just can't help himself......he has to have it HIS way. HIS way is always the right way and no one can make him change his mind. I wish a psychologist could explain this rigid behavior of his!

Harker

(16,900 posts)

7. He probably thought "Goldfinger" was an instructional film.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 06:03 PM

Jul 27

Submariner

(13,145 posts)

11. And this is the asshole 77 million racist scum trust with nuclear bombs

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 08:02 PM

Jul 27

a lying cheat....sick

Gimpyknee

(743 posts)

12. I'm certain that Trump took the mandated one stroke penalty for that drop.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 08:03 PM

Jul 27

Sure he did.

MLWR

(573 posts)

13. Krasnov cheats at everything, marriage, taxes, contracts, treaties etc.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 08:14 PM

Jul 27

Why not at golf???

Blue Owl

(57,439 posts)

14. This fucker is such a colossal LOSER who in their right mind supports him?

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 11:19 PM

Jul 27

Jesus fucking Christ….

LetMyPeopleVote

(170,428 posts)

16. trump cheats at everything

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 12:59 AM

Jul 28

Heidi

(58,836 posts)

17. "When you're a star they let you do it. You can do anything."

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 01:45 AM

Jul 28

This seems to be his mantra for everything from sexual assault to cheating at golf.

0rganism

(25,340 posts)

18. It really seems like doing this should trigger an ancestral curse of some kind

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 03:08 AM

Jul 28

Probably doesn't, but this seems high on the list of things that would happen if it could.

BoRaGard

(7,586 posts)

19. Damn low, even for a repube

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 04:37 AM

Jul 28

LetMyPeopleVote

(170,428 posts)

20. Trump whined that the Secret Service made it harder for him to cheat at golf: report

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 05:43 PM

Jul 28

This made me smile

Wasting taxpayer money to golf and hold the grand opening for one of his courses! Why should we have to pay M just for him to play a game of golf??
#TheWasteFraudAndAbuseIsHIM

Trump whined that the Secret Service made it harder for him to cheat at golf: report

www.rawstory.com/trump-golf-2...
— Diane Strickland (@autisticannie.bsky.social) 2025-07-28T17:32:27.927Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-golf-2673773236/

Wall Street Journal reporter Josh Dawsey worked with co-authors Isaac Arnsdorf and Tyler Pager to gather information about President Donald Trump from his 2024 campaign for their book. Among the things they found was an admission from Trump that the Secret Service makes it more difficult for him to cheat a golf.

Over the weekend, videos captured Trump's two caddies walking ahead of Trump's golf cart before one caddy appears to drop a ball on the course. Trump then hops out of the golf cart and walks to the ball as if it were there the whole time. The person Trump appeared to be playing with was following in his cart and walked over to the ball with Trump.

According to Dawsey, the team captured audio of Trump complaining that the Secret Service is in the trees and bushes all over his golf course as security — and measure shown to be necessary when a man was accused of shooting at Trump through a fence in Sept. 2024 while he was playing at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.

According to Trump, the agents being in the trees at his courses "made it harder to move the ball when he had a bad lie," wrote Dawsy on X.

“I hit a ball down the fairway, it's in a little rough, and there's a guy standing behind a tree, 'Good morning, sir.' And I got a ball with a horrible lie. I'd go like this. Nobody would know the difference. I can't because, he said, they're all looking down at me horrible. It's a horrible situation to be in," Trump said of his security during his games.

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