Donald Trump reminds followers of the dangers of golf with hilarious Truth Social post READ MORE: Aussie golf star reveals the dark side of the sport leading to anxiety By JAKE FENNER Published: 00:42 BST, 26 May 2025 | Updated: 00:43 BST, 26 May 2025 President Donald Trump reminded everyone that golf can be a dangerous game with a recent image shared to social media. Trump took to Truth Social and posted an image of a man being attacked by some wildlife on a golf course. The person in question was standing near a drop area by a pond with the green on the opposite side, when either a swan or a goose bit them on the hand. As the image showed the man howling in pain from the bite, Trump posted it with the caption, 'I always said golf can be a dangerous sport! My friend being bit at Bedminster.' The post has been liked 29,000 times and re-posted over five thousand times. It's a funny reminder that, despite its outward appearances as a more genteel sport, golf can still be dangerous. Donald Trump reminded his supporters just how dangerous the sport of golf could be Trump made this post to Truth Social of 'a friend' of his being attacked by a bird at Bedminster Statistics even back that up. A report from Golf Support in 2018 found that golf leads to more recreational injuries than sports like rugby or hockey. The report uses data from a 2016 paper published by the National Health Statistics Report that analyzed over eight million injuries suffered in sports. It was found that golf - along with tennis, badminton, and bowling, had a rate of 1.8 injuries sustained per every 1,000 people. While it was behind general exercise (5.3 per 1,000), basketball (3.3), and American football (3.1), golf was ahead of baseball (1.6), rugby and hockey (1.5) and even combat sports (1.2). Moreover, the British Journal of Sports Medicine found that up to 40.9 percent of amateur golfers suffer from an injury on an annual basis. The most commonly occurring injuries were lower back ailments. It's not clear how many of those injuries were caused by wildlife. However, some pro golfers have had notable examples of injuries caused by critters in the past. In 2013, Swedish women's golfer Daniela Holmqvist was bitten by a redback spider while competing in Australia. She was bit on the ankle and used a golf tee to puncture the swelling in order to squeeze the venom out. A year prior in China, English golfer Melissa Reid was bitten by a venomous snake and needed to take a course of 20 different pills and received an injection to lessen the venom's impact. Share or comment on this article: Donald Trump reminds followers of the dangers of golf with hilarious Truth Social post Add comment