
President Trump has said of his golf game, “I think of golf as a very natural game. I never really wanted to know a lot about my technique. I really trust instinct a lot, in golf and a lot of things.” He self-reports as having a 2.8 in the United States Golf Association’s Golf Handicap and Information Network, and the website claims that his golfing outings have cost the US taxpayer over $105 million. (The website's breakdown of how those costs are calculated can be found here.) His golfing partners have included Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (who gave President Trump a gold-plated Honma Beres S-05 driver, valued at $3,755), Fox News personalities Sean Hannity and Brett Baier, former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Senators Lindsay Graham, Rand Paul, David Purdue and Bob Corker, former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning, rocker Kid Rock, among others.
Woodrow Wilson is said to have played over 1,000 rounds of golf during his presidency. He met his second wife, the former Edith Bolling Galt, after playing a round of golf. During World War I, Wilson is said to have gone golfing every day as a means to deal with the stress of being a wartime President. He is even said to have ordered his secret servicemen to paint the golf balls black, so that he could play in the snow. Wilson wasn't a particularly good golfer however. He rarely broke 100 and his handicap was somewhere between 25 and 30.

Dwight Eisenhower played over 800 rounds of golf during his presidency and soon became associated with the game. He was known to practice every morning and even had a putting green installed at the White House just outside of his office. It is said that he would dictate to his secretary while practicing his putting. Eisenhower played the Augusta golf course 29 times during his presidency, and an Eisenhower Cabin and an Ike’s Pond, located on the course, were named in his honor. His handicap was somewhere between 13 and 17.

George W. Bush had a better handicap than both Eisenhower and Wilson (11 or 12), but golfed much less frequently than any of the other golfing presidents. He played only 24 rounds during his entire two terms. He decided to stop playing golf at the start of the Iraq war in 2003, saying that “playing golf during a war just sends the wrong message.” He resumed the game after his Presidency and even spoke in defense of his successor Barack Obama after Obama was accused of golfing too frequently. Bush told an interviewer from the Golf Channel, “I think he ought to play golf. I know the pressure of the job, and to be able to get outside and play golf with some of your pals is important for the president. It does give you an outlet.” Today President Bush holds an annual golf tournament through his George W. Bush Presidential Center, called the Warrior Open, a tournament that serves as a fundraiser for wounded soldiers.

Barack Obama took up golf sometime in his 30s, claiming that it was a more relaxing alternative to basketball. Those who have played with him say that he hits a straight drive and is a pretty good chipper, but not so good when it comes to chipping out of a bunker. He is the first left handed golfer, even though he was the eighth left-handed President. Those who have golfed with him describe the former President as a "trash-talker" who tries to get inside the head of his opponents to make them mess up their shots. Even with his late introduction to the game, he had a 13 handicap. He played 333 rounds of golf during his two terms in office.

President Trump has played at mainly private golf courses (mostly with the name "Trump"), while President Obama preferred to play at military courses. According to the website, in his first 2 years as President, Donald Trump played at Trump International West Palm Beach, Trump National: Bedminster, Potomac Falls, Jupiter and Los Angeles, as well as Trump Turnberry UK, Liberty National New Jersey, and Kasumigaseki Japan. In his first two years, President Obama played at Andrews Air Force Base, Fort Belvoir, Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course, Vineyard Golf Club, Farm Neck Golf Club, Luana Hills Country Club, Mid-Pacific Country Club, Mink Meadow Golf Club, The Grove Park Inn, and Army Navy Country Club.
According to the same website, Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden started playing golf around 20 years ago at age 57. According to Biden, he has a 6.3 handicap, but this figure is disputed by Golf Digest, which estimates that Biden’s handicap is around 10.