Why is Trump, who says he's "good enough to be a pro" way out in the rough?

Donald Trump took money from the supposedly charitable Trump Foundation and used it to pay his own legal bills. That sounds bad enough. And in fact, it’s illegal. But how did Trump get those legal bills? It’s Donald Trump drilled down to his essence. It’s 200-proof Trumpism.

It’s cheating at golf.

The country club calamity arose in August 2010, after Martin Greenberg, the CEO of Sterling Commodities Corp., hit a hole-in-one on the 13th hole while playing in a for-charity tournament at the Trump National Golf Club, Westchester, in Briarcliff Manor, New York. Under the rules of the competition, Greenberg was entitled to a $1 million prize.

This kind of payout, where a golfer drops some cash into a pot then takes a single shot at a million dollars, is a common feature of charity tournaments. The odds of winning are long, and clubs can purchase insurance against the rare chance of it happening for a small fraction of the prize.

In Greenberg’s case, he put his money in the jar, stepped up to the tee, and drove it into the cup. Big cheers all around! Except for one thing.