President Donald Trump started 2026 by reiterating unsolicited health advice: Golf. No elaborate workout plans, no meal prep Sunday routines. Just 18 holes whenever possible, because treadmills are “boring” and traditional exercise isn’t his style.

“To walk on a treadmill or run on a treadmill for hours and hours, as some people do—that’s not for me. I just don’t like it; it’s boring,” Donald Trump shared with the Wall Street Journal on January 1, 2026. The admission comes after he told the reporters in 2020, “My ‘exercise’ is playing, rarely during the week, a quick round of golf.”

Claiming that he’s in “perfect health,” the president also shed light on his other health choices, refuting recent photos that showed him dozing off in meetings. He shared that he takes a daily 325-milligram aspirin dose to thin his blood because he wants “nice, thin blood pouring through [his] heart.” He also claimed that his often-bruised hands are a result of this aspirin dose itself.

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Trump’s love for fast food is also a well-documented tale. He loves to order two Big Macs, two Filet-O-Fish, and a chocolate malted from McDonald’s. In their book, Let Trump Be Trump, David Bossie and Corey Lewandowski stated that on Trump Force One, there were four major food groups: McDonald’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken, pizza, and Diet Coke. Well, whatever Trump is doing, it is working for him because physician Dr. Sean Barbabella has said that the president “remains in exceptional health.”

Donald Trump doesn’t view golf as mere recreation. He is really passionate about it.

He has played in several LIV Golf Pro-Ams. He even played with Brooks Koepka at Trump National Doral and NHL great Wayne Gretzky at his Washington D.C. course. In Feb 2025, Trump played a round with Jay Monahan at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, amid ongoing negotiations between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. He also attended the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black, marking it his first spectator appearance at a professional tournament since 2023.

In 2025, Trump went to golf clubs 88 times to play. He played 67 times in 2018, 84 times in 2019, and 47 times in 2020. He had the most visits in August, at ten. March and November each had nine visits. Trump claims winning 38 club championships.

Donald Trump’s own words tell just how deeply golf runs in his veins. In his 2005 book The Best Golf Advice I Ever Received, he wrote: “For me and millions of people—men, women, young and old around the world—golf is more than a game. It is a passion.” In fact, golf legend Jack Nicklaus observed that Trump “loves the game of golf more than he loves money.”

Not only POTUS, but even his granddaughter, Kai, is fond of golf. She started playing golf when she was 2 years old, mostly because her grandfather let her play at his courses across the country and encouraged her. The president has made this sport into an empire, with holdings in Florida and Scotland. So, can we say that golf isn’t just a hobby for him but rather a part of who he is?

His passion can also be attributed to his pursuing a bigger plan to change the way people golf in Washington, D.C.

Donald Trump takes over three public golf courses

The Trump administration ended the lease with National Links Trust for three public golf courses in Washington. The Interior Department said the 50-year lease had to end because the company failed to make the required capital renovations.

The three courses look over the Potomac River, Rock Creek Park, and a place that is crucial to Black golf history. Officials from the National Links Trust defended their time in charge, saying that they made $8.5 million in capital renovations and more than doubled the number of rounds played and revenue. They said the end was “devastating” and hoped that affordable public golf might still be played.

The nonprofit has decided to keep running the courses for a little longer, but it won’t make any long-term changes. It’s hard to say what will happen next. Still, Donald Trump’s experience in golf course development and his administration’s aggressive attitude toward rebranding public spaces suggest that big changes are likely.