Before and during his campaign for the White House, Donald Trump made no attempt to hide his disdain for President Barak Obama's love of golf.

Can you believe that,with all of the problems and difficulties facing the U.S., President Obama spent the day playing golf.Worse than Carter — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2014

However, Trump, who owns or runs 17 different golf courses, 12 of which are in the United States (including the White House North, aka Trump National in Bedminster, N.J.), is putting Obama to shame.

Politifact reported that as of May 18, 2018, "the score of confirmed golf outings was Trump 56, Obama 37."

That's just the tip of the iceberg.

Trump has arrived at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, VA, according to the pool report.



This is Trump's 196th day at a Trump property as president and his 153rd day at a Trump golf club as president. — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 2, 2018

President Trump is at Trump National Golf Club in Virginia, marking the 153rd day at one of his golf properties and 196th day at a Trump property since taking office. https://t.co/MxC6hNx7li pic.twitter.com/bJQiifdMuR — NBC News (@NBCNews) September 2, 2018

More details, per GolfNewsNet:

How many times has Trump played golf as President of the United States? Since taking office on Jan. 20, 2017, Mr. Trump has reportedly been on the grounds of his golf courses or played golf elsewhere 154 times since becoming President, and that's as of Sept. 1, 2018.

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He previously was on pace to visit his golf clubs more than 650 times in an eight-year presidency. However, his pace as of Aug. 6, 2018 now indicates Trump would spend as much as 745 days of his presidency at a golf course if he wins a second term and serves both terms to completion.

Trump has spent nearly 25 percent of his days in office at one of his golf properties for some portion of the day.

Now here's the kicker. Trump, who is worth millions, if not billions, is passing on the cost for his golf habit to us, the taxpayers, per TMZ:

Taxpayers footed bills totaling $300,675 for golf cart rentals alone, so the Secret Service could follow Trump on the links ... this according to federal documents obtained by TMZ.

Many of the expenses emanate from Trump's Mar-a-Lago excursions. And, get this ... since taking office Trump has reportedly spent 153 days at golf properties, which explains why the golf cart rental is sky high.

Since Trump took office, the total expense of his golf outings cost taxpayers an estimated $77 MILLION.

Now, the President has much bigger problems to deal with right now, including a tell-all book by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward and an anonymous OpEd in the New York Times spilling West Wing secrets about the incompetence of the Trump administration.

But spending literally one-quarter of his time in office as President at golf courses (some of which he owns) would only seem to create more problems at at time when it's hard to imagine things getting much worse at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Check out the website trumpgolfcount.com for a detailed rundown of Trump's visits to golf courses as President, including dates and total time spent on the course.

For some perspective, Woodrow Wilson reportedly played more than 1,000 rounds of golf while President. Dwight D. Eisenhower played more than 800 rounds as Commander-in-Chief. Bill Clinton played around 400 rounds of golf while in the White House.

NBC's Golf Channel reported early in 2017 that Barack Obama played 333 rounds as president and averaged 41 rounds per year. CNN noted at the end of 2017 that Donald Trump could be on track to triple Obama's time on the course.

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