Is Trump Good For Golf

[Deleted member 15344]

http://www.golf-monthly.co.uk/features/blogs/is-donald-trump-good-for-golf-149618

GM have done an Article in regards Trump being involved in golf

So simple vote - is he good or bad for the sport

Do the standard of his golf courses outweigh the way he acts ?

Would Golf be better of without him

 

[HomerJSimpson]

http://www.golf-monthly.co.uk/features/blogs/is-donald-trump-good-for-golf-149618

GM have done an Article in regards Trump being involved in golf

So simple vote - is he good or bad for the sport

Do the standard of his golf courses outweigh the way he acts ?

Would Golf be better of without him

The thing is, the way he acts has no relevance to the courses and the way the course plays and is run on a daily basis. How much influence does he really have on the world of golf? Very little in my opinion

 

[fundy]

need a neutral option for me, wouldnt say he has a strong impact either way personally

 

[User101]

This is no a go at you LP but that really is scraping the bottom of the barrel by GM. Tiger Woods was/is good for golf, The Ryder Cup is good for golf, DT has no bearing on the game whatsoever, rubbish article.

 

[Pin-seeker]

Good.

 

[pokerjoke]

I would have liked an article in the mag on what GM thought and maybe we could have debated that.

I for one know sod all as to wether he has or has not.

 

[BarryScott]

He reinforces an awful lot of stereotypes about how a lot of folk not into the sport view the average golfer

 

[tsped83]

He’s a tube, in any environment.

 

[Blue in Munich]

He reinforces an awful lot of stereotypes about how a lot of folk not into the sport view the average golfer

Beat me to it.

 

[FairwayDodger]

Bad for pretty much everything other than self-aggrandisement and the twitter share price.

 

[HankMarvin]

Mr Trump is great for the game and has some of the best courses in the world. what's not to like about President Trump

 

[DaveTheHead00]

It pains me to say it. Good for golf. Some of his courses look amazing. Has tiger designed his world golf course yet?

 

[larmen]

I would like to vote for irrelevant. He has a few courses, but most golfers aren't anywhere near one of them.

 

[Slab]

I don't think he's good for the game, but I may be ignorant of what he's actually doing. I can't recall anything he's actually done for golf (though he has access to pots of dosh to invest but can't help thinking he's only doing that for his benefit not for golf)

Maybe he also runs shed loads of junior & introduction programmes for the average Joe, has a few basic golf range's in under privileged areas, sponsors some promising AMs, runs inter-schools comps, pioneers ecco-friendly/innovative course management initiatives etc etc that are all happening under the media radar... any one or more of these then it'd be a thumbs up

If he's just buying/building exclusive courses then that's not doing anything for golf

 

[Capella]

One pic to say it all:


(in case anyone is not familiar with it and can tell form the thumbnail pic ... it's Trump ... in a golf cart ... on the green ... nough said)

 

[Hobbit]

He's put a lot of money into a few courses which a minute number of people have played at. Is he good for golf? No. Is he good for a few golf courses? Yes.

He might be POTUS but in golf he's an irrelevance.

 

[Spear-Chucker]

He reinforces an awful lot of stereotypes about how a lot of folk not into the sport view the average golfer

I'm sure his courses are great and most golfers won't be too bothered about him but the quote above perfectly captures the wider view I think

 

[r0wly86]

Agree with a few posters on here, golf has been fighting a battle against the old stereotypes of rich, overweight, pompous white men that a lot of non-golfers thinks golf clubs are like.

Now we have the archetypal rich, overweight, pompous white man as probably the most famous non-pro golfer in the world.

It sets us back as game in the fight against these stereotypes

 

[dufferman]

As golfers we see him create wonderful courses - but to Joe Bloggs who doesn't play golf, he just promotes everything people get put off golf by.

 

[IanM]

Neutral........... don't think he's the sort of bloke I'd like a beer with, but it hasn't stopped me going to Turnberry.