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Trump Named Himself Winner of Florida Golf Championship in 2018 Even Though He Didn’t Play In Tournament

The victory list on Donald Trump’s locker at his Palm Beach golf club undeniably looks impressive: the gold plaques commemorate his championship triumphs in 1999, 2001, 2009, 2012, 2013, and the recently-added 2018.

But there appears to be a problem with the new plaque which claims he was the 2018 men’s club champion—because he didn’t play in the tournament.

Ted Virtue, 58, originally held the 2018 championship to himself, but became co-champion when Trump said he would have won if he were able to play.

After Virtue won, Trump told him, “the only reason you won is because I couldn’t play,” according to Golf.com. Trump proposed a nine-hole challenge to settle it, after saying the demands of his job as president made the tournament impossible, even though Trump visited the golf club 20 times in 2018.

He is then reported to have said something along the lines of: “This isn’t fair—we’ll be co-champions.”

But Trump appears to have been so proud of his ‘win’ that a plaque was added to his championship roll-call on his locker stating: “2018 — Men’s Club Champion.”

Trump, has frequently visited his own clubs as president, including nearly 20 visits to the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach as well as his Bedminster, New Jersey golf course and his Virginia club.

This weekend, while Trump was staying at his Mar-a-Lago residence, he played golf with pro golfer Dustin Johnson and LPGA star Lexi Thompson.

It’s just as well he doesn’t have more important things to occupy his mind with.

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