The Roman emperor Nero (sure, he who fiddled whereas his nation burned) was an Olympian. Like many others, he had higher need than expertise, however not like others he might change the principles.

He decreed that the Olympics be held within the 12 months 67. It wasn’t scheduled then, however he was within the temper to take part and on an prolonged tour of Greece, so these have been ok causes.

He received all of the contests he entered. His report within the chariot race stays unsurpassed. First, he took half with 10 horses when solely 4 have been allowed. Then he fell off the chariot and couldn’t full the race. He was declared winner, nonetheless, as a result of, effectively, he was Nero and had a huge ego and a well-honed brutality to match.

Korean dictator Kim Jong-il was 52 when he performed his first spherical in golf — on the championship course in Pyongyang. According to the state media, he shot a 38-under on the 7,700-yard course. It included 11 holes-in-one. No one dared level out the story had extra holes than a golf course. On his birthday, Vladimir Putin took half in a hockey recreation as a part of a so-called all-star staff, and personally scored seven particular person targets all by himself solely, as his staff routed the opposition.

Although not in the identical league because the dictators (even when he wish to be), Donald Trump’s shenanigans in golf are of a bit. In a latest message to the world, the previous U.S. President wrote: “It is my great honour to be at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach tonight, AWARDS NIGHT, to receive THE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY & THE SENIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY. I WON BOTH!” The all-caps are in his patented fashion.

Rick Reilly, a former  Sports Illustrated columnist and writer of  Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump, and who has performed with the president, has described how Trump “cheats like a mafia accountant” and retains “kicking the ball out of the rough so many times, the caddies call him Pele.” He additionally takes limitless free pictures and falsifies scores.

After Trump’s latest ‘triumph’ Reilly instructed him: “Call us if you ever win one on a course you DON’T own and operate.”

As along with his different boasts, Trump’s doubtful claims to titles received on his personal programs are effectively documented. And simply discredited. His West Palm Beach membership listed him as its 1999 champion, which is absolutely fairly spectacular because it opened solely within the 12 months 2000.

Still, Trump has some method to go earlier than catching up with Kim Jong-il. Twelve holes-in-one and a 39-under are what he must be aiming for.

I believe it was Eisenhower who mentioned that since turning into President he observed he was profitable extra recurrently at golf. It was a later President, Lyndon Johnson, who clarified (in case clarification was wanted): “One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.”