Donald Trump and his golfing skills

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is said to have been the worst golfer in American history. Although he was so into the golf and had played more than 400 games during his presidential term, he was so bad at it. Having been asked by reporters, he used to evade the fact that he was given many mulligans and concedes, only mentioning the number on the scorecard. He used to be called as “Billigan” as he frequently overused more than two mulligans at a single hole. Some media hostile to Clinton questioned how national affairs could be dealt with someone who didn’t even play by the rule.

It seems that Bill Clinton would now be remembered as a golfer with gentler manner than Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Former professional boxer Oscar De La Hoya unveiled his golfing experience with Donald Trump two years ago at Trump National Golf Club near Los Angeles. Standing at the tee box and hitting a tee shot to the water, Trump hit four other balls in a row without the consent of Oscar De La Hoya. When all his balls flew to water hazard and rough, he used to “lay eggs,” an act of secretly placing the ball at the center of fairway and say “my ball landed here.”

Historically, the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was the one with the record low under-par score. Pyongyang announced that he made 11 hole-in-ones with 38 under at par 34, whose fact has never been confirmed by anyone. His close aides would have placed the balls at a good spot when Kim hit his balls. Trump and Kim would be well-matched in that their scores are gained by irrationality and lie.

No other sports games than golf can better tell personality of a person. The sense of joy, anger, sorrow and pleasure are displayed on the entire golf course of 18 holes. How a person plays the sport shows whether that person is impatient, obsessed with victory or considerate to others. In the U.K., father often goes golfing with a future son-in-law just to see what kind of man he would be. While golfing skills have nothing to do with qualifications of a president, the manner of playing golf has something to do with qualifications of any president as the sports require not only physical competence but also mental practice. Although it is said that the possibility is highly unlikely, it makes us feel dizzy to imagine Trump at the oval office handling the national affairs the way he plays golf.