Viral footage of Donald Trump has seen him accused of “cheating” at Turnberry golf course in Scotland.
In the clip, a caddy walks ahead of the US president, before appearing to drop a ball behind him as President Trump approaches.
President Trump is later captured standing over the ball, though the video ends before he makes a swing.
Social media users have pointed out that the caddy is helping the 79-year-old president more than what is usually allowed, accusing him of “cheating”.
Trump caught cheating at golf with his caddie's help pic.twitter.com/bpnRgAoEaX
— Health Insurance mafias⚕️ (@Quest2017) July 28, 2025
The White House has been contacted for comment.
Trump’s alleged cheating, which has always denied, is even the subject of a book: Rick Reilly’s Commander in Cheat.
“At Winged Foot, where Trump is a member, the caddies got so used to seeing him kick his ball back onto the fairway they came up with a nickname for him: Pele,” Reilly writes in the book.
In 2016, actor Anthony Anderson made allegations of cheating around Trump and golf during an appearance on the Late Night With Seth Meyers show.
He said: "Trump is a great golfer. I'm not going to say Trump cheats. His caddy cheats for him."
President Trump is a keen golfer. Thus far, he has played golf on 45 days out of his 189 days in office this year.
The Trump Organization currently has two golf resorts in Turnberry and Aberdeenshire in Scotland, as well as others in the USA.
He bought the former from a Dubai-based firm in 2014.
Ahead of Trump's arrival in Turnberry, the town of Ayr was put on lockdown with soldiers spotted searching the grounds of the golf course.
Road closures and diversions were also put in place, and a security checkpoint was erected outside the course.
