Natalie Gulbis casts Donald Trump as ‘generous’ mentor

If speeches by politicians, businessmen, actors and Donald Trump’s family members weren’t what you were looking for at a national political convention, Trump on Tuesday offered this: Natalie Gulbis, a Sacramento native and 492-ranked golfer on the L.P.G.A Tour.

In a brief, pre-prime time address, Gulbis described Trump as a “generous” mentor at a time when she felt overlooked and “treated differently as a woman.”

After meeting Trump at a golf course when she was 21, Gulbis said Trump encouraged her to “think of myself not as a female athlete, but as a businessperson.”

Her remarks were reminiscent of an article she wrote on Golf.com in June, “The Donald Trump I know.” In that piece, Gulbis rejected what she called “political rhetoric about Trump’s misogynistic ‘war on women,’” describing the Republican presidential nominee as “gracious, generous and inspiring.”

This story was originally published July 19, 2016 at 7:13 PM.