White House records show staggering number of times Donald Trump has played golf since returning to office

White House records have shown exactly how many times Donald Trump has played golf since becoming the 47th President of the United States.

Trump's inauguration took place in January after he and the Republican Party defeated Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in November's presidential election.

His presidency has thus far been filled with controversies, with the biggest occurring this week when US outlet The Atlantic reported that several of his senior officials had mistakenly shared sensitive information with their editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, after he was accidentally invited to a group chat on messaging app Signal. Trump was not involved in the chat.

Away from his presidential duties, Trump is an avid golf player and owns 16 courses across the United States and the rest of the world.

The Huffington Post reported earlier this month that the 78-year-old had spent, at the time, 13 days playing golf since becoming President.

He spent 10 of those days playing at the West Palm Beach course, with the remaining three rounds played in Doral, Miami.

Now, White House records have shown how many days in total Trump has played golf.

He has played a round at a Mar-a-Lago mansion in Florida eight weekends in a row since he returned to office in January.

Trump is acquaintances with several top golf stars, while Tiger Woods is currently in a relationship with his daughter-in-law, Vanessa.

In 2018, Woods was asked about his relationship with the current President, who was then in the midst of serving his first term in office between 2017 and 2021.

He said: "Well, he's the President of the United States. You have to respect the office.

"No matter who is in the office, you may like, dislike personality or the politics, but we all must respect the office."

The year after those comments, Trump gave Woods the Presidential Medal of Freedom - the highest civilian honour in the United States.

And earlier this year, he was invited to the White House to speak as part of the administration's recognition of Black History Month, with Trump paying tribute to him.