Would you play golf with Donald Trump?

[Ethel mermania]

I consider myself a good golf player. I would like to walk away having beat Trump at a game. It would be a good story.

What's you handicap?

And say what you will about donald, even his public courses are very nice

[Andsed]

Yes for the sole intent of mocking the shit out of him.

[Pulsroth]

Sure.

I'd regard him honourably like a lady would, until I have a personal reason to not do so.

[Gormwood]

Sure.

I'd regard him honourably like a lady would, until I have a personal reason to not do so.

Like his hand reaching out to grab you.

[Pulsroth]

Sure.

I'd regard him honourably like a lady would, until I have a personal reason to not do so.

Like his hand reaching out to grab you.

Indeed.

Although to be fair, I'd be far more terrified off the prospect of golfing alongside Hillary Clinton. Even just based on her, quite frankly, maniacal attitude.

[Dumb Ideologies]

You'd have to hit him pretty hard with a very chunky club to even get him airborne, and I'm not sure he'd fit in the hole.

[Major-Tom]

Golf is one of my few strong suits, I'd do it if only to be competitive.

[Gormwood]

Golf is one of my few strong suits, I'd do it if only to be competitive.

You'd also need a surveillance team to watch out for Donnie.

[Cekoviu]

You'd have to hit him pretty hard with a very chunky club to even get him airborne, and I'm not sure he'd fit in the hole.

i'd assume that he'd be so small that it would be impossible to figure out whether he got in the hole, actually

[Xmara]

I hate golf. Can we play Mario Kart instead?

[Washatonia]

Yes, regardless of political opinions it would be an honor to play golf or any sport with any world leader.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

Yes, regardless of political opinions it would be an honor to play golf or any sport with any world leader.

Even Kim Jong-Un? Apparently he shot 34 on a championship course in Pyongyang.

It really is no fun playing with someone who cheats that hard!

[Almorea]

I'm not good at golfing, but who wouldn't want the chance to get one-on-one time with the President of the United States?

[Rojava Free State]

Yes, regardless of political opinions it would be an honor to play golf or any sport with any world leader.

Joke's on you. You gotta play golf with Hitler.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

I'm not good at golfing, but who wouldn't want the chance to get one-on-one time with the President of the United States?

I wouldn't. What's in it for me? I get to boast to my friends that I spent an hour and a half with Trump?

My friends are just going to say "why didn't you persuade him x?" and I'll just have to explain over and over that the President wouldn't listen to a word, not even dirty jokes, and spent the whole time bullying me.

Also the cheating thing. That would be hard to take.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

To give you some idea of what a bad golfer I am, I once lost a club. Not just a ball: my grip on the club slipped and it flew away into dense scrub. I searched for half an hour (my fave 2 wood) but I never found it again.

Is there a shot penalty for that?

[Ultimate Destructive Fighting Nation]

Okay, let's ignore that there's a major public health crisis at the moment. Imagine it's some time in the future where Covid-19 is like SARS or whatever... incurable, but rare and containable. Or, alternatively, pretend it's, say, 4 June 2018.

Would you play Golf with Trump?

If you're wondering why I care, this is why. Do I know why that was a headline? No. But it was. If you're wondering... yes we know if John Key pisses in the shower. The answer is yes. The man will tell you anything. And apparently it's headline news even when he's no longer the prime minister.

Since I know NSG can be funny with the rules... these are the inviolable facts:

• you are you... you're only as well known, rich, old, educated, male, white etc. etc. as you actually are (I feel Trump might like you more if you're a rich white guy that lots people know)
• Trump is Trump
• it's just golf... but it could be more, depending on your conversation goes
• Trump has a spare set of clubs if you need 'em

Since it's Trump, if he really likes you, there's a good chance he might make you the boss of something. I wouldn't bank on having much job security though.

I don't know if golf has to be played in a quartet or not but if that's the case the other two people are... random secret service guys. If you really want them to have personalities: Secret Service Guy A likes well done steaks and Secret Service Guy B says he likes well done steaks.

Okay... so, my answer is "Sure, why not?"

I've never played golf* nor ever spent one on one time with anyone important, it'd be interesting. Playing golf with a dude, even one as awful and image-dependent as Trump, does not make you complicit in anything other than "playing golf with a dude". Likewise, if you think Trump's the bees knees, you don't somehow get to share in his magnificence merely by playing golf with him (and, honestly, if you tried to I don't think Trump would like it). Interesting, as they say, is a cop out: it's a wholly amoral term, and the friend of the fence sitter.

*I have, however, whacked a golf ball with a golf club... I strongly recommend wearing gloves.

Actually, I strongly suspect any conversation with Trump would quite rapidly become uninteresting, but I really want to know what covfefe means And, besides, there are the secret service guys.

Related question... you and any three other people are playing golf, who are your other three people? They can be dead or alive. Like the dinner party guest game. I'll pick Tiger Woods (because, hey, then I could say I played golf against him), Lebron James and James Comey ('cause they're tall and don't seem like complete idiots).

I suppose I would play golf if the ball used was Trumps head.

[Old Zealand Founder]

Okay, let's ignore that there's a major public health crisis at the moment. Imagine it's some time in the future where Covid-19 is like SARS or whatever... incurable, but rare and containable. Or, alternatively, pretend it's, say, 4 June 2018.

Would you play Golf with Trump?

If you're wondering why I care, this is why. Do I know why that was a headline? No. But it was. If you're wondering... yes we know if John Key pisses in the shower. The answer is yes. The man will tell you anything. And apparently it's headline news even when he's no longer the prime minister.

Since I know NSG can be funny with the rules... these are the inviolable facts:

• you are you... you're only as well known, rich, old, educated, male, white etc. etc. as you actually are (I feel Trump might like you more if you're a rich white guy that lots people know)
• Trump is Trump
• it's just golf... but it could be more, depending on your conversation goes
• Trump has a spare set of clubs if you need 'em

Since it's Trump, if he really likes you, there's a good chance he might make you the boss of something. I wouldn't bank on having much job security though.

I don't know if golf has to be played in a quartet or not but if that's the case the other two people are... random secret service guys. If you really want them to have personalities: Secret Service Guy A likes well done steaks and Secret Service Guy B says he likes well done steaks.

Okay... so, my answer is "Sure, why not?"

I've never played golf* nor ever spent one on one time with anyone important, it'd be interesting. Playing golf with a dude, even one as awful and image-dependent as Trump, does not make you complicit in anything other than "playing golf with a dude". Likewise, if you think Trump's the bees knees, you don't somehow get to share in his magnificence merely by playing golf with him (and, honestly, if you tried to I don't think Trump would like it). Interesting, as they say, is a cop out: it's a wholly amoral term, and the friend of the fence sitter.

*I have, however, whacked a golf ball with a golf club... I strongly recommend wearing gloves.

Actually, I strongly suspect any conversation with Trump would quite rapidly become uninteresting, but I really want to know what covfefe means And, besides, there are the secret service guys.

Related question... you and any three other people are playing golf, who are your other three people? They can be dead or alive. Like the dinner party guest game. I'll pick Tiger Woods (because, hey, then I could say I played golf against him), Lebron James and James Comey ('cause they're tall and don't seem like complete idiots).

I suppose I would play golf if the ball used was Trumps head.

Nah, that would cause too much panic. And anyways the other peeps you're playing with are Secret Service guys... they might make a "well-done steak" if they get you

[Xeng He]

Absolutely. You think I would pass up the opportunity to network with a millionaire and president?

[Nobel Hobos 2]

Absolutely. You think I would pass up the opportunity to network with a millionaire and president?

You should join a golf club and learn to play. You might not meet Presidents but you will definitely meet millionaires.

[Dumb Ideologies]

Yes, regardless of political opinions it would be an honor to play golf or any sport with any world leader.

Joke's on you. You gotta play golf with Hitler.

Hitler's easy. Whisper in Russian when he's in the bunker and he'll bash himself to death with his sand wedge.

[Xeng He]

Absolutely. You think I would pass up the opportunity to network with a millionaire and president?

You should join a golf club and learn to play. You might not meet Presidents but you will definitely meet millionaires.

Ugh, you've got a point.

I suppose I should say I don't really like golf, though how much of that is because my dad kept needling me to play I don't know. Figured I'd need a guarantee that we would chat and such to do it.

Excuses are excuses though. If it's not too expensive I'll consider it.

[Esternial]

He might be on to something.

Some people just act wildly different when in the company of more than one person.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

You should join a golf club and learn to play. You might not meet Presidents but you will definitely meet millionaires.

Ugh, you've got a point.

I suppose I should say I don't really like golf, though how much of that is because my dad kept needling me to play I don't know. Figured I'd need a guarantee that we would chat and such to do it.

Excuses are excuses though. If it's not too expensive I'll consider it.

If your dad is paying, why not? Ask him to pay for lessons even.

I never was any good (as I keep saying) but the reason I stopped playing at all is that I was never a member and the guest course fees got too high for me. I don't know if $70 AU really is high, but it was too high for me. There was a cheap course, owned by council, but it shut down.

So I probably shouldn't speculate about the class structure of a fancy golf club. I'll just say this: if you've got no money and a lousy golf game, a fancy golf club is no place for you. You will be shunned. But if you've got a good game you might get some "social mobility".

[Dogmeat]

Balls will be smacked.