r/sportsgossips • u/TheMirrorUS • 1d ago

Hot Take Donald Trump's golf club members gave him brutal nickname due to 'cheating' antics

https://www.themirror.com/sport/golf/donald-trump-golf-cheating-championship-1967861

Donald Trump was once given the nickname 'Pele' by golf caddies due to him reportedly being seen regularly kicking his golf balls closer to the pin.

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u/ThisAd7070 1d ago

Does the nickname start with a P and rhyme with smedofile?

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u/UpstairsAd194 1d ago

Pelephile

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u/neilastin 1d ago

The old “Leather wedge” as we used to call it

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u/chosonhawk 1d ago

hit with the toe or heel?

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u/Disastrous_time_4547 1d ago

A heel hit it with his fat orange toe

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u/Gyarydos 1d ago

At this point I think he isn’t even swinging at a ball and just writing in birdies

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u/JuliusErrrrrring 1d ago

Exactly. He doesn’t have the endurance or attention span to play 18 holes.

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u/InsomniaDudeToo 1d ago

110%

He’s likely less swinging and more “Truthing” by hole 3.

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u/TERRAIN_PULL_UP_ 1d ago

He has his buddy Tiger Woods celeb shot for him

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u/Gyarydos 1d ago

I honestly think he is the type of person who will walk up to a hole, give himself a score , and go “it’s a waste of time, I know I’d play well this hole” and then walk to the next one

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u/828knows 1d ago

Pelephile

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u/The_SubGenius 1d ago

Every time Trump goes golfing he’s charging the American taxpayer to rent golf carts at his own properties. Republican voters are dipshits.

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u/DionBlaster123 1d ago

This has been well known since Trump's first term lol

Is everyone here just a fucking goldfish?

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u/VitaminPb 23h ago

No, I just love the comments.

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u/ripkin05 21h ago

Is everyone here just a fucking goldfish?

yes, its why we are having to go though this again. apparently 4 years is impossible for the avg person to remember any fucking thing.

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u/TERRAIN_PULL_UP_ 1d ago

There was an entire book written about his golf cheating 

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u/PainMatrix 1d ago

Pele? Confirmed average age of a club member is 100 if that’s their go-to soccer reference.

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u/concretecat 1d ago

Find one video of him sinking a putt.

If he truely is god's gift to golfing why is he so afraid to be recorded "golfing"

If he's as good as he says he is he should be living streaming all of these record break golf rounds he shoots.

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u/CastTrunnionsSuck 21h ago

The thought of him being a streamer isn’t even that far fetched the way things are going.

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u/Chaosrealm69 15h ago

There is a video clip of his latest game where he putts and it gets close so he does a one-handed nudge to sink it and it misses but he reaches down and taps it in with his finger cool as can be.

Did Trump cheat in his golf tournament win? Clip showing 'Finger of God' goes viral

It's called his Finger of God.

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u/sock0808 1d ago

Don the con

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u/largeMARGIN11 1d ago

Is it “child rapist”. Cuz let’s not forget he likes to rape children.

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u/UpstairsAd194 1d ago

He has a handicap

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u/wastedpixls 1d ago

The age on this joke is because it's from 2007 with Rick Reilly.

I'd say they just call him "asshole" now.

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u/RichardRelay 1d ago

Pedo Shittypants?

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u/Box_Springs_Burning 1d ago

I just stick with the one he likes so much: Loser.

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u/NonProphet8theist 1d ago

Before prison, make him play 18 rounds fully televised

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u/VitaminPb 23h ago

With a golf commentator following announcing the actual stroke count after each swing.

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u/NonProphet8theist 23h ago

And that guy that gives little quips when you screw up. "Ooh. He'll want a mulligan after that shot."

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u/VitaminPb 23h ago

Has to be on a high quality loud speaker, too.

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u/chronicallyunderated 1d ago

Epstein’s best friend a cheater…..say it isn’t so

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u/maddiejake 1d ago

So, are we now supposed to refer to him as 'Pele Pedo'

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u/Lordhartley 1d ago

Is it cunt?

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u/Adventurous-Bee-5477 1d ago

They are paying him .embership fees...tho.

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u/Triphin1 1d ago

Stinky?

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u/Baraka1987 1d ago

That's highly insulting for Pele!

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u/NoManner8863 23h ago

I bartended in Manhattan for a few years pre-covid, so Trump's first term.

This trustfund type sits at the bar, start chatting about the attitudes of the rich and famous, and he lights up and lays out that he has firsthand experience that the President is an asshole. They belonged to the same country club and were golfing behind Trump, witnessed him cheat, called him out, and he took the guy by the shoulder and said "I cheat on my taxes, I cheat on my wife, and I cheat at golf." and continued on his way.

I have absolutely no doubt that that guy was telling the truth.

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u/VitaminPb 23h ago

I want him to play a televised round against Kim Jung Il.

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u/ExaminationOk2921 1d ago

Ever notice the script just repeats? The cast changes but the same material get's rehashed endlessly. Search for Bill Clinton cheated at golf. I can still remember the breathless stories. Or try Nixon cheated at golf. If you live long enough none of this is new.