A former golf partner of Donald Trump has accused the U.S. President of brazen cheating on the course.
Sports writer Rick Reilly, who played a round with Trump before the billionaire entered politics, said the future President had lied about his score, claimed second attempts at a shot for no good reason and taken credit for other players' shots.
Writing for the Sunday Times magazine, he said caddies had given Trump the nickname 'Pele' because he would kick the ball so often to move it to a better position.
Trump, who has faced scrutiny for the amount of time he spends golfing, has previously denied cheating.
Donald Trump, pictured on one of his Scottish golf courses last July, has been accused of cheating at the game by a sports writer who once played a round with him
Reilly played a round with the future President at a Trump course in New York while writing a 2003 book about golf.
Describing his opponent's style of play, he said: 'To say Donald Trump cheats is like saying Michael Phelps swims.
'Trump doesn't just cheat at golf. He cheats like a three-card monte dealer. He throws it, boots it and moves it.
'Whether you're his pharmacist or Tiger Woods, if you're playing golf with him, he's going to cheat.'
According to the sports writer Trump would take second chances on a shot, claiming he had been distracted or a bird had flown over, and hit other players' balls that were closer to the hole.
In addition he would wrongly record his score and had claimed a 'gimme' - an easy putt which the opponent accepts will be made - when he needed to chip the ball in from off the green.
Rick Reilly alleges that Trump, pictured on Friday, had lied about his score, claimed second attempts at a shot for no good reason and taken credit for other players' shots
Reilly said Trump even cheated while playing 14-time major winner Tiger Woods, allegedly ignoring the fact he had hit the ball into a water hazard.
Trump has come under scrutiny for the amount of time he spends playing golf, after he criticised his predecessor Barack Obama for the same thing.
In October 2014, he tweeted: 'Can you believe that with all of the problems and difficulties facing the U.S., President Obama spent the day playing golf. Worse than Carter.'
And on the campaign trail he promised voters: 'I'm going to be working for you. I'm not going to have time to go play golf.'
But after his first year in office White House schedules and press reports revealed he had spent time at a golf resort on 91 out of 365 days.
Before becoming President, Trump had criticised Barack Obama - pictured playing with David Cameron in 2016 - for the amount of golf he played while in office
Last month he played golf in Florida with two of the game's greatest, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods.
Both Nicklaus and Woods are among Trump's regular golf partners.
Reilly's claims echo those of female golfer Suzann Pettersen who said Trump 'plays his caddy well' as his ball would always end up on the fairway.
She was quoted as saying that Trump 'cheats like hell' but later called the claim 'fake news', echoing Trump.
In 2016 then-candidate Trump denied claims from boxer Oscar De La Hoya that he had cheated on the golf course.
Trump said De La Hoya had 'played terribly' when they met in Los Angeles, saying: 'I'm a much better golfer than him.'
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Sports writer Rick Reilly, who played a round with Trump before the billionaire entered politics, said the future President had lied about his score, claimed second attempts at a shot for no ...
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