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Trump holiday plan: To play golf ‘quickly’ with Woods, World No 1

REUTERS
Published : Nov 25, 2017, 2:25 am IST
Updated : Nov 25, 2017, 2:25 am IST

Johnson is the world’s top ranked golfer and Woods is a former world champion who has been trying to make a comeback after a series of back surgeries.

USA’s Dustin Johnson (Photo: AFP)
 USA’s Dustin Johnson (Photo: AFP)

Jupiter (Florida): US President Donald Trump said on Friday he would tee off with professional golf stars Tiger Woods and Dustin Johnson, a rare admission from the putter-in-chief that he is taking time out for his favourite pastime.

Mr Trump regularly spends his weekends at a golf course, but the White House typically declines to confirm that the Republican President is, in fact, golfing.

Friday was the third consecutive day Mr Trump has visited a golf course during his Thanksgiving holiday, which he is spending at a resort he owns in Florida. But it was the first-time he has said he was on the greens.

Emphasising that he would first call Turkish President Tayyip Erdog-an to discuss Middle East peace issues — and later work on economic issues — Mr Trump said on Twitter that he would “play golf (quickly) with Tiger Woods and Dustin Johnson.”

Johnson is the world’s top ranked golfer, and Woods is a former world champion who has been trying to make a comeback after a series of back surgeries. Mr Trump also golfed in Florida with Woods last December.

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