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Sportswriter Rick Reilly said his accusation that President Donald Trump cheats at golf has just been confirmed by an unexpected source, and also under oath.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R.S.C.) was asked in a 2022 grand jury interview whether Trump cheats at golf, according to documents obtained this week by The New York Times.
“Some people say you can beat him, but you won’t beat his caddy,” Graham said. “It is what it is.”
Reilly was quick to highlight that quote from X as evidence:
To all the MAGAs who said I lied in my book about Trump cheating like a three-card dealer on the golf course.
Senator Lindsey Graham just said it under oath. “You can beat him, but you can’t beat his caddy.”
Cheating at Golf: Cheating at Life. #CommanderInTrap
– Rick Reilly (@ReillyRick) January 15, 2026
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To all the MAGAs who said I lied in my book about Trump cheating like a three-card dealer on the golf course.
Senator Lindsey Graham just said it under oath. “You can outrun him, but you can’t outrun his caddy.”
Cheating at Golf: Cheating at Life. #CommanderInTrap– Rick Reilly (@ReillyRick) January 15, 2026
Graham’s comment would seem to confirm one of Reilly’s descriptions of Trump’s tactics.
Reilly, who played golf with Trump and wrote an entire book about how he cheats, said in a 2024 interview that the president “always has a turbocharged golf cart that goes three times as fast as his own, so he’s always 200 yards ahead, and that gives him time to cheat.”
Trump moves his ball to better positions and his opponents’ balls to bunkers before they arrive, Reilly said.
“One time in Los Angeles, I was playing $50 a hole with these three guys, and I hit it in the pond. They saw the splash,” Reilly said. “When they get there, they’re in the middle of the street and they’re like, ‘What the fuck, Donald?’ And he says, ‘It must have been the tide.'”
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Reilly has also said that it is well known among golfers that Trump cheats.
“In golf, he’s definitely not exonerated,” Reilly told The News in 2019. “There have been dozens and dozens of people who can find him guilty of cheating.”
Trump’s golf habits came under scrutiny last year when a viral video showed what some observers said looked a lot like cheating.
Trump has also faced scrutiny over golf for other reasons: cost.
His hobby cost taxpayers more than $150 million during his first term, and more than $70 million so far during his second.