When you come to think of it that is the secret of most of the great holes all over the world. They all have some kind of a twist. C.B. MACDONALD
Charlie Sifford To Receive Presidential Medal Of Freedom
/Frank Deford: "You think Angela Merkel poses in a golf cart?"
/And Then Phil Gave Barack A Tip...
/Oy Vey TIME Headline: "Obama Plays Water-Guzzling Desert Golf Courses Amid California Drought"
/Obama & Biden Exchange Birthday Golf Gifts
/Jeb: Obama And Boehner Need To Play More Rounds Of Golf
/Bush: "I think it's good for the president to be out playing golf."
/G8 Summit Protesters Dress As Golfers
/Peter Macdiarmid of Getty captured these Oxfam volunteers depicting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, British Prime Minister David Cameron, President Barack Obama and Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
Sunnylands In The International Diplomacy Spotlight
/Senator Makes An Ace Playing With The President
/An unbylined AP report details Senator Saxby Chambliss' 11th hole ace while playing with President Barack Obama Monday.
Chambliss told reporters upon his triumphant return to Capitol Hill that "everyone went crazy" when he made the shot and there were high-fives all around. The president retrieved the Chambliss' ball from the hole, while Corker took a picture.
"I told him since I made the hole-in-one, he ought to give us everything we want on entitlement reform," Chambliss said with a smile. That's Washington speak for legislation to change benefits like Social Security and Medicare.
A Reuters report by Robert Rampton noted the President's "respectable 17 handicap"--apparently without a trace of irony--but did not mention the ace. She did clarify this for readers, which might explain why she thinks a 17 is respectable!
Golf handicaps are a measure of ability and a lower handicap signifies a better player.
There's a newsflash from the city!
Bloomberg: Obama Not Playing Enough Social Golf Rounds
/Texas Rep Introduces Amendment To Suspend Obama Golf Trips
/Nicholas Ballasy reports that Republican Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert has introduced an amendment to a Continuing Resolution that would not provide the White House with any taxpayer funds to transport President Barack Obama to and from any golf course as long as White House public tours were not being offered due to budget cuts.
“None of the funds made available by a division of this act may be used to transport the president to or from a golf course until public tours of the White House resume,” the amendment reads.