The Donald Plays The Club Championship Card Again!

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He's a closer! He took the Mara-a-Lago Mixed Stableford Four-Ball, Gross Division! Give this man the keys to the White House!

After winning Michigan and further solidifying his Republican nomination lead, Donald Trump peppered his acceptance speech/press conference/product plugfest with multiple golf references: Jack Nicklaus, Adam Scott, the WGC at Doral, Trump International, Trump National, Trump wine, etc...

And though he's mentioned his club championship-winning prowess before, something about the references seems a bit more eye-opening when he's a leading candidate for the White House.

Unfortunately, the ABC video transcript wasn't particularly accurate. And yet so, so fun, starting with its interpretation of Trump:

Hewitt National Golf Club. Jack Nicklaus did this it's a Jack Nicklaus signature course and it's a great great. Resort and place and we have a lot of our members here SC. We love our members. Jack Jack by the way Jack Nicklaus is a special man indeed the special job and yet we have another special man Paul O'Neill of the Yankees can end up all.

And...

And have I won many club championship distraught daughter close. You know believe it or not it's not so different winning is winning you gotta be not easy to a club championships believe me. And I'm not talking about with strokes and Doug it would no strokes but the fact is that. I like to close I like to close things out so until the last person you know get restarted with a field of seven. And now we're down to four. And I really what analysts engines I am not even focused on yet I'm doing well numerous balls and winning.

Kind of like the old Ali G translator!

You'll have a hard time taking your eyes off of this, and I promise, big giggles when he mentioned the major played last week:

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First Rio Test Event Pictures Surfacing!

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As much as I'd love to be watching the golf played this week in Rio, the Olympic test event is best played in semi-privacy with the big reveal coming this August.

Still, with luminaries assembling in Rio to watch the Strapffs and Barcellos' of the world test out Gil Hanse's Rio Olympic course (Bob Harig explains), we have to at least enjoy the driplets appearing on social media.

From Alexandre Rocha showing the course with a mini-review:



Big stars are racking up major miles!

The one and only Instagram post from Olympic golf Rio. So far:


My chat with Gary Williams on Morning Drive explaining why it's a better scenario not to see the "test event" on TV with stars this week:

Poll: Should Adam Stick With Stevie?

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Following his second win in two weeks and his obvious role as Masters favorite headed to the year's first major a month from now, Adam Scott reiterated that he will stick with Stevie Williams on his bag.

This, after two wins with caddie Dave Clark, who NBC's stellar sound team picked up a few times Sunday playing the role of forceful but comforting bagman. (Martin Kaufmann notes the great sound work but embarrassingly suggests this was a new thing for NBC. Let it go Marty!)

Jim McCabe at Golfweek.com even highlights Clark's pep-talk role early in round four of the 2016 WGC Cadillac at Doral.

Ben Everill reports on Scott putting to rest any doubts about who his Augusta bagman will be.

Englishman Clark took the job and despite helping Scott back into a rich vein of form, his time at the majors will have to wait.

"The plan is set. David is doing an amazing job and we are working very well together but you could offer Steve the job to any player in the world for Augusta and they are going to want to take him," Scott told AAP.

"His experience is amazing and we work very well together. Loot at our record the last few years."

No one can blame Scott for wanting the same looper that helped him win the 2014 Masters, but it's also hard to fathom how his game, his confidence and his comfort level on the course could be any better than it is right now. And Clark certainly has played a role in that fine form.

So who should Adam Scott have on the bag as he goes for his second Masters?

Who should caddie for Adam Scott at The Masters?
 
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This PGA Tour Entertainment clip cuts out Clark's commentary prior to the shot:


And the full round highlights: