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Sir, – How privileged are the citizens of the US that they have a presidential candidate who has apparently triumphed in no less than 21 club golfing championships (World, July 19th).

However, it must be of considerable disappointment to Donald Trump that he (as far as we know) has not matched the record held by North Korea’s former supreme leader Kim Jong-Il, who shot 11 holes-in-one for a historic 33 under par in only his first golf tournament. – Yours, etc,

TOMÁS FINN,

Cappataggle,

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Ballinasloe,

Co Galway.