Trump uses Thanksgiving call to boast about winning 38 golf titles, recalls beating a 27-year-old

Donald Trump also mocked Joe Biden’s golfing abilities while boasting that he knows 'a lot about golf'
PUBLISHED NOV 28, 2025
President Donald Trump participates in a call with US service members from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Thanksgiving Day on November 27, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump participates in a call with US service members from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Thanksgiving Day on November 27, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)


WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA: President Donald Trump, while speaking with military service members on Thanksgiving Day, turned the conversation to his golf achievements. "I've won 38 golf championships, and I don't get to practice very much," he said.

He later added, "I beat a 27-year-old kid and won 38 golf championships," and described himself as a "good golfer." When asked whether a golf match with Joe Biden would ever happen, Trump claimed the former president never accepted the invitation, before adding that Biden "can't play."

PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 27: President Donald Trump participates in a call with U.S. service members from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Thanksgiving Day on November 27, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump participates in a call with US service members from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Thanksgiving Day on November 27, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

Trump boasts he has won 38 Club Championships 'legitimately'

Praising his own golf accomplishments during the call, Donald Trump said, "I know a lot about golf. I've won 38 Club Championships, and I don't get to practice much. I won one. Last year, I won a club championship at a big Club, beating a 27-year-old kid."

He continued sharing stories about his game, adding, "I've been a good golfer over the years. I went when you went. You know, Club Championships are our Majors. You know that most people can't play in them. They won't. We're talking about no Strokes or anything else. So, I'm a very low handicap, and I've won 38 of them legitimately." 

TURNBERRY, SCOTLAND - JULY 26: U.S. President Donald Trump plays golf at Trump Turnberry golf course on July 26, 2026 in Turnberry, Scotland. U.S. President Donald Trump is visiting his Trump Turnberry golf course, as well as Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeenshire, during a brief visit to Scotland from July 26 to 29. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump plays golf at Trump Turnberry golf course on July 26, 2026, in Turnberry, Scotland (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Trump emphasized the legitimacy of his wins, saying, "It has to be legitimate because you have a lot of people following you during Club Championships. I got to be right around scratch. You were better. I beat a uh plus three. That's three better than three below par."

He went on to recount another moment, saying, "If you look at it. For those that don't know in the finals of the club Championship last year with all I was going through. And with no practice. So, uh, I'm a good golfer. Yeah, I would have to say that I want to be honest. I have to be honest."

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 01: U.S. President Donald Trump walks with golfer Bryson DeChambeau to the Oval Office at the White House on June 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump and Bryson DeChambeau rode back together from Trump National Club Sunday afternoon. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump walks with golfer Bryson DeChambeau to the Oval Office at the White House on June 1, 2025, in Washington, DC (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

"I played with Bryson DeChambeau and we had a good time, but a lot of people thought. That was a great ratings hit, and we had a lot of fun," the president mentioned. 

Trump says Biden will not accept his golf match invitation



Donald Trump addressed questions about the long-discussed golf match proposed during the 2024 presidential debate. He was asked when the match between him and Biden might actually take place.

He said, "I'd LOVED to. I invited him, but he doesn't wanna show up! A lot of people talk, but can't play, like BIDEN!" Trump then went on to criticize Joe Biden’s golfing ability, saying, "He can't hit a ball 30 yards. I looked at his swing. He cannot hit a ball 30 yards. He said he was a 6 handicap... he's not A HUNDRED!"

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