It has been his dream for years to return to his beloved Turnberry course – one he describes as ‘probably the best in the world’ –for a quiet 18 holes in beautiful surroundings.
Yet, it would seem being Leader of the Free World offers few opportunities to enjoy such private moments undisturbed on his own golf course.
As he stepped onto the first tee at Turnberry’s drizzly Ailsa Course, dressed in black with white shoes and a white ‘USA’ baseball cap, he was surrounded by a 28-golf buggy ‘cavalcade’ of staff and advisers, dozens of police officers and a bank of photographers.
No pressure for that first drive then POTUS!
What police are calling Operation Roll 2 was now underway.
