President Trump's golf scores points on the US Golf Association's account: NPR

President Trump's account of the US Golf Association system was hacked for the obvious purpose of making him look like a bad golfer with four false scores.

The disappointing scores of 101, 100, 108 and 102 were posted on Trump's US golf information and handicap information network (USGA). [GHIN] handicap system on Friday, according to Golfweek. A handicap is a measure of the ability of a golfer – a lower handicap indicates a better golf game.

"We learned that the media was questioning the latest notes posted on President Trump's GHIN account," said Craig Annis, director general of communications at USGA. "As we have explored the data, it appears that someone has wrongly published a number of scores on behalf of the GHIN user."

USGA is in the process of deleting the scores and says it's investigating to determine how they appeared, Annis said.

Trump flew from New York to Washington, DC on Friday morning and delivered a speech at the convention of the National Association of REALTORs in the afternoon. He played golf Saturday afternoon at the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia. According to a site that follows Trump's golf habits, the president has played more than 170 tours since taking office.

Partitions made from games at Trump National in New York, Trump International in West Palm Beach, Florida, and the Cochise Course at Desert Mountain in Scottsdale, Arizona. Golfweek reported. Another suspicious score of 68 was recorded on April 19th.

The normal in a round of golf is usually about 72 shots. According to Trump's story, his scores usually fall in the '70s and' 80s, but many are skeptical that the president has always recorded his scores truthfully. Trump vehemently denied the accusations that he broke the rules.

"I played a lot and played well," said Trump, according to a Washington Post survey in 2015. "Very few people can beat me at golf."

Golf insiders do not dispute the fact that Trump is an excellent golfer – he just might not play as well as he says he does.

In 2012, Forbes said Trump was a disability at 4, despite the fact that he had not yet "produced a real signed scorecard".

Rick Reilly, the sports journalist who wrote the 2004 book "Who's Your Caddy?" say it To post this afternoon, Trump recorded scores that he did not really win. the To post The investigation also revealed that caddies would be supposed to help Trump to cheat.

"When it comes to cheating, it's a 11 on a scale of one to ten," Reilly said.