Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump personally paid to have a "golf simulator" installed in the White House residence that allows him to play virtual rounds of golf, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

The Post, citing an unnamed White House official, said the President has not yet used the new system, which cost about $50,000 and was installed in the last several weeks, the official said.

According to the paper, the simulator replaced an "older, less sophisticated golf simulator" that existed in the White House during former President Barack Obama's tenure.

Trump, who owns more than a dozen golf courses in the US and abroad, has made a general practice of seasonally traveling most weekends to his Bedminster club in New Jersey or his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida, often golfing while there.

Last month, the President, not wanting to viewed as partaking in leisure activities during the longest government shutdown in US history, hit his longest stretch away from a golf course since taking office.

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