Trump says he overpowered an older Arnold Palmer in golf and reveals how golfers reacted to Palmer in shower

Former President Trump claims to person competed against play fable Arnold Palmer astatine his ain game, but with a notable property advantage. 

Trump explained during a rally successful Pennsylvania Saturday astatine Arnold Palmer Regional Airport successful the golfer's hometown of Latrobe, wherefore his crippled was physically superior to Palmer's during a circular 12 years ago.

"I got to cognize him erstwhile helium was 69 years old, and I played beauteous overmuch with him, a batch of him," said Trump, 78, who was 17 years younger than Palmer. "And arsenic helium got older — you know, erstwhile you get older, you commencement to suffer a happening called distance, and I'm a bully golfer, not similar that, but I'm a bully golfer. 

"And I felt truthful bully due to the fact that I was hitting it a small spot longer than Arnold, but helium was, by this time, 75, 76, and I'd deed it four, 5 yards past him.

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Former President Trump, the Republican statesmanlike nominee, taps the microphone arsenic the audio goes retired during a run lawsuit Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, successful Detroit.  (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

"I said ‘Arnold, fto maine inquire you: Thirty years ago, 40 years ago, was I longer than you?’" Trump said. 

Trump's comments astir the play fable didn't halt there. Trump besides referred to the erstwhile golfer's manhood and however different players reacted to Palmer successful the shower. 

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"He was each man," Trump said of Palmer. "This antheral was truthful beardown and tough, and I refused to accidental it, but erstwhile helium took showers with the different pros, they came retired of there; they said, ‘Oh my God, that’s unbelievable.' I had to accidental it.

"I had to archer you the ablution portion of it due to the fact that it's true."

Palmer was calved successful Latrobe successful 1929 and died successful the neighboring metropolis of Pittsburgh successful September 2016, conscionable a period and a fractional earlier Trump's statesmanlike predetermination win. Pennsylvania was a cardinal plaything authorities successful Trump's victory. 

Arnold Palmer's greenish overgarment representation astatine a 1960s Masters Tournament astatine Augusta National Golf Club successful Augusta, Ga. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

Palmer was nicknamed "The King" of play and is credited arsenic 1 of the sport's astir influential figures. 

During Saturday's rally, Trump recalled stories of Palmer's wealthiness arsenic a chap concern mogul.

"Arnold was a precise affluent man," Trump said aft recounting stories astir however the erstwhile golfer helped concern assorted businesses. 

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Trump's lawsuit besides featured erstwhile Steelers stars Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell. 

Brown delivered a code connected behalf of Trump and mocked Trump's opponents, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. 

"Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, did you truly cognize they privation to enactment tampons successful the boys' bathroom?" Brown asked the crowd. "That's truly insane, right?"

A caller Fox News survey of Pennsylvania voters has Harris narrowly up of Trump by 2 points (50-48%) among registered voters, and the contention is tied astatine 49% each among apt voters. 

Former Pittsburgh Steelers Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell permission the signifier aft Brown spoke successful enactment of erstwhile President Trump, the Republican statesmanlike nominee, astatine a run rally Oct. 19, 2024, successful Latrobe, Pa. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The July survey, conducted soon aft President Biden dropped retired and endorsed Harris, but earlier she was named the nominee, was deadlocked astatine 49%. But adjacent successful March, erstwhile Biden was the presumed nominee, the contention was adjacent to even.

Since July, Harris has widened her pb among women (by 9 points), non-White voters (plus-eight) and voters nether property 30 (plus-17). Her enactment has held dependable among assemblage graduates and municipality voters. Ninety-two percent of Harris supporters are definite of their ballot versus 86% of Trump supporters.

Trump’s astir loyal groups see men, Whites without a assemblage degree, independents and agrarian voters. He has astir doubled his pb among men and the tiny radical of independents since July.

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