Biden changes tune on Trump golf challenge he was once 'happy to play'

Former President Donald Trump challenged President Joe Biden to an 18-hole golf match during a rally Tuesday in Doral, Fla.

President Biden's re-election campaign dismissed former President Trump's challenge to a charity golf match as "weird antics" on Tuesday, just months after the president stated himself that he would be "happy to play."

At a campaign rally at his Doral course in South Florida on Tuesday, Trump posed a challenge to Biden: a golf match with $1 million to a charity of Biden's choice if the former president were to lose.

"I'm also officially challenging crooked Joe to an 18-hole golf match right here on Doral's Blue Monster, considered one of the greatest tournament golf courses anywhere in the world, one of the great courses of the world," Trump said. "It will be among the most-watched sporting events in history. Maybe bigger than the Ryder Cup or even the Masters."

"I will even give Joe Biden 10 strokes a side. Ten strokes, that's a lot. That means 20 strokes, in case you don't play golf. And if he wins, I will give the charity of his choice, any charity of his choice, $1 million. And I'll bet you he doesn't take the offer."

TRUMP CHALLENGES BIDEN TO GOLF MATCH, SAYS HE'LL GIVE $1 MILLION TO CHARITY IF HE LOSES

At a campaign rally at his Doral course in South Florida on Tuesday, former President Trump, left, challenged President Biden to a golf match, with $1 million to a charity of Biden's choice if the former president were to lose. (Getty Images)

Firing back at Trump's comments, Biden campaign spokesperson James Singer said in a statement, "Donald Trump hasn’t been seen in public for 12 days, now he’s inviting fictional serial killers to dinner, teasing lil’ Marco Rubio, praising Project 2025