--- product_id: 147768665 title: "Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump" price: "NZ$39" currency: NZD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.nz/products/147768665-commander-in-cheat-how-golf-explains-trump store_origin: NZ region: New Zealand --- # Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump **Price:** NZ$39 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump - **How much does it cost?** NZ$39 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.nz](https://www.desertcart.nz/products/147768665-commander-in-cheat-how-golf-explains-trump) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Reilly pokes more holes in Trump's claims than there are sand traps on all of his courses combined. It is by turns amusing and alarming." -- The New Yorker "Golf is the spine of this shocking, wildly humorous book, but humanity is its flesh and spirit." -- Chicago Sun-Times "Every one of Trump's most disgusting qualities surfaces in golf." -- The Ringer Donald Trump loves golf. He loves to play it, buy it, build it, and operate it. He owns 14 courses around the world and runs another five, all of which he insists are the best on the planet. He also claims he's a 3 handicap, almost never loses, and has won an astonishing 18 club championships. How much of all that is true? Almost none of it, acclaimed sportswriter Rick Reilly reveals in this unsparing look at Trump in the world of golf. Based on Reilly's own experiences with Trump as well as interviews with over 100 golf pros, amateurs, developers, and caddies, Commander in Cheat is a startling and at times hilarious indictment of Trump and his golf game. You'll learn how Trump cheats (sometimes with the help of his caddies and Secret Service agents), lies about his scores (the "Trump Bump"), tells whoppers about the rank of his courses and their worth (declaring that every one of them is worth $50 million), and tramples the etiquette of the game (driving on greens doesn't help). Trump doesn't brag so much, though, about the golf contractors he stiffs, the course neighbors he intimidates, or the way his golf decisions wind up infecting his political ones. For Trump, it's always about winning. To do it, he uses the tricks he picked up from the hustlers at the public course where he learned the game as a college kid, and then polished as one of the most bombastic businessmen of our time. As Reilly writes, "Golf is like bicycle shorts. It reveals a lot about a man." Commander in Cheat "paints a side-splitting portrait of a congenital cheater" ( Esquire ), revealing all kinds of unsightly truths Trump has been hiding. Review: Insightful! - The revelation that Trump cheats at golf was not a surprise to me.beacause he lies and cheats about everything else. I have read a number of biographical accounts of Trump's life and this amusing, entertaining and well researched, through many interviews, book ranks with the best of them. I'm 86 and have been playing this game for most of the 70 years since I turned 16, so I was eager to read this account. Reilly does a pretty good job of explaining most of the terms but I will concede that it's much juicier if you have some understanding of the game. Like the author. and many others. I have long believed that you can judge a persons character by observing their behavior on the golf course. Thinking back over the years I can count only 5 golfer I have known of or played with who were inveterate cheaters and perhaps another 3 or 4 who tried to defeat you or any opponent by playing head games, but Trump seem to have out done them all. Fudging a score on a hole by not counting all of your strokes, improving your lie in the rough, or dropping a ball and pretending you had found your ball when you couldn't find the one you were actually playing, are all tricks I have observed, but Trump seems to have sunk even lower. I have never seen a player concede himself a chip shot, pick up an opponents ball when he was't looking and toss it into a trap, or fake hitting a pitch shot, of 30 or 40 yards or so, into the hole by palming a ball and then pretending to retrieved it from the hole. Finally, I agree with one of the other reviewers that the one star reviews are pure fakery, or if you will cheating, because they haven't read it. Take note that none of them seem to be "verified purchasers." Review: It Reveals Who Trump Is - Really good read. One of those books that is hard to put down. I'd read two other books by Reilly, Missing Links and Who's your Caddy, and this was just as good. It just doesn't talk about Trump cheating on the golf course, which he does all the time, it also talks about how Trump has cheated people in business deals, etc. as well from someone who actually knows him. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #69,104 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #12 in Golf Biographies (Books) #27 in Political Corruption & Misconduct #54 in Golf (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 5,344 Reviews | ## Images ![Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/815+vwmGgaL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Insightful! *by T***N on April 23, 2019* The revelation that Trump cheats at golf was not a surprise to me.beacause he lies and cheats about everything else. I have read a number of biographical accounts of Trump's life and this amusing, entertaining and well researched, through many interviews, book ranks with the best of them. I'm 86 and have been playing this game for most of the 70 years since I turned 16, so I was eager to read this account. Reilly does a pretty good job of explaining most of the terms but I will concede that it's much juicier if you have some understanding of the game. Like the author. and many others. I have long believed that you can judge a persons character by observing their behavior on the golf course. Thinking back over the years I can count only 5 golfer I have known of or played with who were inveterate cheaters and perhaps another 3 or 4 who tried to defeat you or any opponent by playing head games, but Trump seem to have out done them all. Fudging a score on a hole by not counting all of your strokes, improving your lie in the rough, or dropping a ball and pretending you had found your ball when you couldn't find the one you were actually playing, are all tricks I have observed, but Trump seems to have sunk even lower. I have never seen a player concede himself a chip shot, pick up an opponents ball when he was't looking and toss it into a trap, or fake hitting a pitch shot, of 30 or 40 yards or so, into the hole by palming a ball and then pretending to retrieved it from the hole. Finally, I agree with one of the other reviewers that the one star reviews are pure fakery, or if you will cheating, because they haven't read it. Take note that none of them seem to be "verified purchasers." ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It Reveals Who Trump Is *by J***M on April 9, 2026* Really good read. One of those books that is hard to put down. I'd read two other books by Reilly, Missing Links and Who's your Caddy, and this was just as good. It just doesn't talk about Trump cheating on the golf course, which he does all the time, it also talks about how Trump has cheated people in business deals, etc. as well from someone who actually knows him. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Golf (In)Digest(ion) *by R***R on April 24, 2019* First, confession: I do play golf...very, very, poorly. As in I shoot probably a 200. Why? Because it's just a game to me and I have no burning desire to smack a little ball into a little hole...it's a game! It's not the end-all and be-all for my self esteem. I do, however, play with very, very good golfers--and we DO play by the rules--and I DO record my pitiful score, much to everybody's chuckles and delight. And it was an avid golfer who recommended this book to me. Further, I do not think highly of DT. To put it mildly. But even I was totally taken aback by this very humorous romp through DT's Golf Life. I mean, he spends half his time golfing....so...What??? WHAT??? He cheats! He cheats PUBLICLY! On record! On video! ALL the time. He cheats gleefully! He lies about his score! He doesn't care if you can see it! He doesn't care! And he cheats (publicly & on record) and sues his way (publicly & on record) when he builds or takes over or buys golf courses. All of which is on record. In the courts. In village meetings. In memos, contracts, and conversations. It reaches staggeringly, unbelievably ridiculous levels. Which aren't so ridiculous when you begin to see the connections between the courses, the people who play there, the "Trump empire" and the under-the-table way influence works. (And, apparently DT does NOT play golf with women... so it's easy to see there that women are excluded from these under-the-table agreements and deals. This was supposed to be passee decades ago. Guess not.) And that's rather the point of this funny little book. It goes into great detail about DT's game and his golf-resort investments. The golf resort part could probably fill its own book... but this was just enough. And a very amusing, if utterly disturbingly enough at that. If you don't play golf, don't despair...I think the explanations of right & wrong are pretty direct here. Like: If you hit the little ball off the manicured part, you are supposed to HIT IT BACK, not pick it up and toss it closer to the putting green, etc. And: You are supposed to count all the times you hit the little ball. So, even if you have trouble remembering who Tiger Woods is, you will probably still find this a cute little book. What's not so cute about it, however, is the dawning and inescapable realization that it describes to a T the personality and driving motivations behind the guy in the Oval Office right now, and it is not an admirable nor funny picture. If you like Trump? Maybe this book isn't for you. If you like Trump AND Golf, then you might want to read it. If you don't play golf, maybe borrow it from the library. If you can't stand either one? Give it a pass (but you will be missing a few laughs). Me? After reading this I so wanted to wrap a 7 iron around his neck; golf will never be quite the same for me. ## Frequently Bought Together - Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump - So Help Me Golf: Why We Love the Game - Who's Your Caddy?: Looping for the Great, Near Great, and Reprobates of Golf --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.nz/products/147768665-commander-in-cheat-how-golf-explains-trump](https://www.desertcart.nz/products/147768665-commander-in-cheat-how-golf-explains-trump) --- *Product available on Desertcart New Zealand* *Store origin: NZ* *Last updated: 2026-06-03*