Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney got quite the shock in 2018 when he played multiple holes on a golf course owned by then-President Donald Trump.
Rooney, who then played with D.C. United in the MLS, had already coached Trump’s son, Barron, at the White House. While he was playing with former United and England masseuse Rod Thornley, when they got word that Trump himself would be playing through.
Rooney and Thornley, who were drunk at the time, related the tale on Under the Cosh.
“[Trump] was ploughing through the course and some people came up to us, told us the President was coming through and not to talk to him. Wayne had actually been coaching Trump’s son on the White House lawn before this. He had already been invited to the White House at Christmas and Thanksgiving,” Thornley said.
“Trump comes around the corner shouting, ‘Wayne, how are you!’ Wayne had scored a hat-trick a couple of weeks before, but Trump told everyone that he had scored five. I’m looking at Wazza going, ‘Go on, correct him’. But he didn’t. It was possibly the most surreal day of my life. Me and Wayne were steaming, the pair of us.”
“Steaming” is well-known Scottish slang for “being drunk.” But probably a smart move not to correct the former president on his own golf course.
