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A pair of high-level South African golfers was thrown into a White House exchange on Wednesday.
Ernie Els and Retief Goosen joined Cyril Ramaphosa, the president of South Africa, for a meeting at the Oval Office with President Donald Trump.
While the meeting between the two leaders took a cordial start, the meeting content took a notable turn when Trump confronted Ramaphosa with a video that has shown a serious treatment of white farmers. Trump also presented to Ramaphosa documents which, according to him, were reports of murders of “thousands” of Afrikaners.
Ramaphosa offered several refusals to complaints and clearly indicated that the declarations made in the videos were not representative of the policies of his government. Els and Goosen were then introduced into the discussion.
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President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the White House Oval Office on Wednesday May 21 in Washington. (AP / Evan Vucci)
Trump welcomed the golfers as he introduced the South African president.
“I really appreciate that you come. It really helps us in our thought process,” said Trump. “You two guys are fantastic,” added Trump. “What a group of Golfers from South Africa had.”
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ELS previously held the classification of golf n ° 1 in the world. He presented his passport and said he was a “South African proud” before references “the Apartheid era” and calling unity.
“I know there was a lot of anger through the transition. There were a lot of things that happened in apartheid,” he said. “We grew up in the apartheid era, but I don’t think two wrongs do good.”
Retief a Botosen ttt ttt on one in the first round of the Galeri Classic at the Hills Country Club mission in Rancho Mirage, California, March 28, 2025. (Andy Abeyta / The Desert Sun / USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
ELS added that he was impatient to attend the meeting and hoped that it would be beneficial for his country.
“We really wanted to meet you, meet the administration and see our way to follow because we always want to see our country flourish,” added Els.
The Botosen, twice winner of the US Open, was questioned on farms in South Africa.
“My father was a real estate developer as well as a part -time farmer, and, yes, some of his friends were killed. The farm continues. My brothers direct it, but it is a constant battle with the farms. … They try to burn the farms, to chase you. So there is no food on the plate.”
Goosen said that his family members lived on farms had electric fences and lived in the fear of the crime.
“They have left electric fences, you know, try to be, at night, safely. But it is constant each time you leave that something could happen.
Golfers Retief Goosen and Ernie Els are held in the oval office at a meeting between President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House in Washington, DC, May 21, 2025. (Reuters / Kevin Lamarque)
Els and Goosen know the American president well. Before Trump’s first term, he published a photo on social networks of himself and Els.
“Ernie Els and myself to Trump National Doral,” he legend the 2013 Facebook message.
Trump is a passionate golfer. Its real estate portfolio also includes golf courses.
