# Is there a fence around Trump's golf course in Florida? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [September 16, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-fence-around-trumps-golf-course-in-florida/1007352 "2024-09-16T16:37:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-fence-around-trumps-golf-course-in-florida/1007352/1 "2024-09-16T16:37:28Z")
Regarding the recent assassination attempt – I would have assumed there’s a fence around the Trump golf course where the incident occurred. Is there a fence? If so, what kind (solid concrete vs chain link)? How high? If not, why not? How is the Secret Service supposed to protect someone in an open field if there isn’t even a fence? ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-fence-around-trumps-golf-course-in-florida/1007352/2 "2024-09-16T17:41:04Z")
The radio story I heard this morning (NPR National) pointed out that the golf course is difficult to secure since (specifically) it is not fenced by more than hedges and fronted by a lot of Interstate. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-fence-around-trumps-golf-course-in-florida/1007352/3 "2024-09-16T17:44:44Z")
Chain link fence, as shown in a couple of photos by the police after the event. It’s shown in the CBC article, but you have to scroll down a long ways to see it. The guy left his gear and rifle behind. > **[Trump was target of apparent assassination attempt at his Florida golf club,...](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/secret-service-gunshots-trump-golf-club-1.7324106)** > > The FBI said Sunday it was investigating "what appears to be an attempted assassination" of Donald Trump at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Fla., just nine weeks after the Republican presidential nominee survived another such attempt. ---
**Author:** ![md-2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@md-2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md-2000)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-fence-around-trumps-golf-course-in-florida/1007352/4 "2024-09-16T17:54:21Z")
Yes, you can see the chain link fence in Google Streetview; but it disappears ithrough the bushes in some spots, and does not appear to be more than 5 feet high. At one point There’s Georgia Ave. off Gregory Rd, and the former is a simple gravel road along the outside of the fence/shrubbery. It turns a corner and when the Google camera truck was there, the gate in the fence was open. So not a lot of security. I assume for normal golfers they would report strangers trespassing and club security or local police would deal with them. But the reports were the Secret Service saw a gun poking through the fence, so presumably the alleged assailant never climbed the fence but hid in the bushes on the other side. And the person who reported his vehicle and license number as he left, the police said he saw him “emerge from the bushes”. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-fence-around-trumps-golf-course-in-florida/1007352/5 "2024-09-16T19:32:44Z")
Chain link fence and a big hedge plus trees are pretty much the common golf course edging all over FL. I’m looking at a course like that right now as I’m typing. The course where this occurred was not designed as a fortress for a controversial politician. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-fence-around-trumps-golf-course-in-florida/1007352/6 "2024-09-17T23:37:18Z")
Trump’s golfing outings haven’t been especially secure for years. > > > Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski