Donald Trump takes VERY bad swing and sends golf ball flying off-course in LA

Donald Trump had onlookers bursting into laughter when he was caught on camera hitting a golf ball far from its intended target during a recent round.

In a clip uploaded to social media and claimed to have been filmed this week, the former president can be seen taking a shot just before the green, flanked by six golf carts for his Secret Service personnel.

The clip is filmed from a distance by another player on the course of the Trump National Golf Club in LA and is captioned: “Ran into Trump… and he did this.”

The video further zooms in on the 77-year-old as he prepares to take his shot, grabs a club from his bag and takes a practice swing to make sure he gets the ball exactly where he wants it.

“Let’s see if he can hit the green,” shouts the man filming the clip, before Trump goes ahead and fires his shot — with incredible results.

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The ball can clearly be seen flying into a bush on the right side of the hole, very far from its intended target, leaving the former president looking perplexed.

“Oh he shaft it, oh my god… I got that on video!” comes the onlooker’s call, as he and his friends laugh at the shot.

The video is perhaps even more revealing given Trump’s regular boast about his impressive skill on the court, with the billionaire claiming to have a handicap of 2.8 – a hugely impressive score that would put him in the top five percent of players.

Books have even been written about his apparent lies on the golf course, with Rick Reilly’s “Commander In Cheat” detailing some incredible stories about his time on the golf course.

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In one particularly baffling story, it is said that the former president — who is running for a second term in the White House in 2024 — claimed to have won the senior club championship on his course in Bedminster, New Jersey – despite being in Pennsylvania the day the tournament was played.

As Reilly explains: ‘He had stated that the club should hold senior club championships for the over 50s, but he forgot that one of the club’s best players had just turned 50.

Since he had no chance of beating the man, he went to his Trump Philadelphia course on the day of the tournament and played with a friend. Then, according to a Bedminster club source, he called the Bedminster pro shop and announced that he had shot 73 and should be declared the winner.

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“The pro, who wanted to stay in the service, agreed. His name was on the plaque.’

In an interview with FOX Sports Radio, Trump also once claimed he shot “low 70s, quite a bit” around New York’s notoriously tough Winged Foot, scores that would put him on the list of some of the top pros in the sport .

Another anecdote from Reilly’s book, about the same golf club, claimed that caddies there refer to Trump as “Pele” because he kicks the ball down the course.

The 77-year-old, who appears to be wearing his traditional red Make America Great Again cap during the round, is gearing up for another shot at the presidency as he prepares to run against Joe Biden next year.