--- title: Donald Trump: White House Defends President's Golf Trips description: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer defended President Trump's golf outings, saying he also holds meetings and takes phone calls canonical: https://time.com/4707108/white-house-trump-golf-trips/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-20T20:06:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:56:10.213Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump Does More Than Golf on His Frequent Trips to the Links og:description: Trump has already made at least 10 trips to the golf course og:url: https://time.com/4707108/white-house-trump-golf-trips/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbaee6743fe19efab/6988bf16cf40a855c5c46e55/gettyimages-654614974.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: President Trump Arrives In Florida For Weekend At Mar-A-Lago Estate og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump Does More Than Golf on His Frequent Trips to the Links twitter:description: Trump has already made at least 10 trips to the golf course twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbaee6743fe19efab/6988bf16cf40a855c5c46e55/gettyimages-654614974.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Does More Than Golf on His Frequent Trips to the Links, White House Says > Sponsored content. 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Joe Raedle—Getty Images President Donald Trump, his wife Melania Trump and their son Barron Trump arrive together on Air Force One at the Palm Beach International Airport to spend part of the weekend at Mar-a-Lago resort on March 17, 2017 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle—Getty Images Joe Raedle—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Mar 20, 2017 8:06 PM UTC [White House ](http://time.com/tag/white-house/)Press Secretary Sean Spicer defended President Trump’s golf outings — saying he does [more than hit balls](http://www.golfdigest.com/story/presidentsranking) during his frequent trips. When a reporter pointed out Trump’s criticisms of former President Barack Obama golfing habit, Spicer putted back at him citing the President’s recent meeting he had on the golf course with [Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe](http://time.com/4667744/donald-trump-shinzo-abe-flattery/). “You saw him utilize this as opportunity with Prime Minister Abe to help foster deeper relationships in Asia and have a growing relationship that’s going to help U.S. interests,” Spicer said. “How you use the game of golf is something that he’s talked about.” The press secretary also argued the president has not always participated in the rounds while at the golf course. Spicer said the President recently held a “[mini cabinet meeting](http://www.golf.com/tour-news/2017/03/11/president-trump-holds-partial-cabinet-meeting-trump-national-virginia)” at his club in Virginia. “On a couple of occasions he’s actually conducted meetings there, he’s actually had phone calls, so just because he heads there doesn’t mean that that’s what’s happening,” Spicer said. In the first eight weeks of his presidency, Trump has made at least [10 trips](https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/843102936339243008) to the golf course. > [](https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/843102936339243008) On the president’s most recent trip to the links, the White House told the press pool that he was taking meetings and calls at the club, only to admit he may have “hit a few balls” after a photo of him wearing a golf glove was released on Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/ChrisRuddyNMX/status/843164640054001664) Spicer said there aren’t more detailed readouts of Trump’s meetings and productivity on the golf course because Trump is “entitled to a bit of privacy.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4707108/white-house-trump-golf-trips/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4707108/white-house-trump-golf-trips/"},"headline":"President Trump Does More Than Golf on His Frequent Trips to the Links, White House Says","datePublished":"2017-03-20T20:06:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:56:10.213Z","description":"\"Just because he heads there doesn't mean that that's what's happening,\" Spicer said","url":"https://time.com/4707108/white-house-trump-golf-trips/","keywords":["White House","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbaee6743fe19efab/6988bf16cf40a855c5c46e55/gettyimages-654614974.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbaee6743fe19efab/6988bf16cf40a855c5c46e55/gettyimages-654614974.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump Arrives In Florida For Weekend At Mar-A-Lago Estate","caption":"President Trump Arrives In Florida For Weekend At Mar-A-Lago Estate","creditText":"Joe Raedle—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4707108/white-house-trump-golf-trips/","name":"President Trump Does More Than Golf on His Frequent Trips to the Links, White House Says"}}]}] ```