Obama Golf

Golf, Gender, and the President

Jodi Enda | Posted 10.28.2009 | Style


Jodi Enda

Playing golf is part of playing politics. It might be trivial, but access to the president is not. And those who traditionally do not golf, by default, lose out.

Obama Golfs With Melody Barnes: Domestic Policy Adviser Is First Woman To Golf With President Obama

Washington Post | Michael D. Shear | Posted 10.25.2009 | Sports


President Obama headed for the links again Sunday, but this time a woman joined him on the green. Melody Barnes, the president's chief domestic polic...

Obamas Return To DC, Bo Wears "I Heart Obama" Leash On Sunday (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.16.2009 | Style


As the Obamas made their way home from Martha's Vineyard to Washington, DC, the first lady wore stylish open-toe sandals. Yet she was not the most fas...

Obama Buys Snacks For Daughters, Cookie For Himself In Martha's Vineyard (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 10.16.2009 | Style


*scroll down for video and photos* WEST TISBURY, Mass. President Barack Obama spent his last day on a Martha's Vineyard vacation buying ice cream for...

Obamas' Martha's Vineyard Vacation Day 5: President Bikes Without A Helmet, Family Visits Gay Head Lighthouse (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.27.2009 | Style


The first family did a little Martha's Vineyard tourism on Thursday, beginning with some biking on Lobsterville Beach in Aquinnah. Along for the ride ...

Obamas' Martha's Vineyard Vacation Day 4: First Family Hits The Beach, Lunches On Fried Seafood (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.26.2009 | Style


*Scroll down for photos* After making remarks about the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy on Wednesday morning, President Obama accompanied his family t...

Obamas' Martha's Vineyard Vacation Day 3: Golf With White House Chef Sam Kass, Dinner At Sweet Life Cafe (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.26.2009 | Style


UPDATE: On Tuesday night, the Obamas stepped out for dinner at the Sweet Life Cafe in Oak Bluffs on Tuesday night. Senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, Eri...

Bush Questions Brevity of Obama's Vacation

Andy Borowitz | Posted 08.26.2009 | Comedy


Andy Borowitz

Former president George W. Bush criticized President Barack Obama today for taking such a brief August vacation, arguing that the brevity of his summer break "sends the wrong message to terrorists."

New Rule: A-hole in One Shouldn't Be Obama's Game

Bill Maher | Posted 09.14.2009 | Comedy


Bill Maher

I've got news for you, Mr. President, the people who think you want to kill their Great Aunt Millie aren't swayed by a photo-op on the golf course. The only sand trap I want to see you get out of is Afghanistan.

Press Secretary Gibbs On Obama's Golf Game: "His Game Is Severely Handicapped, As Is Mine"

TIME | Michael Scherer | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics


But that doesn't mean the President always behaves like a gentleman. As in basketball, Obama is a trash-talk enthusiast who tries to get into the head...

Barack And Balls: A Slideshow Of Sporty Obama (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 08.16.2009 | Style


President Obama threw the opening pitch at Tuesday's Major League Baseball All-Star game, but this wasn't his first trip to the pitcher's mound -- nor...

Tiger Woods And Obama To Play Golf Together

Washington Post | Barry Svrluga and Kathy Orton | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics


After winning the AT&T National yesterday at Congressional Country Club, Tiger Woods has done just about everything he wants to in the Washington area...

Obama: Golf Makes Me "Almost Feel Normal" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics


In an interview CBS' "The Early Show" broadcast Tuesday Morning, President Obama told anchor Harry Smith that he enjoys golf because it helps him "alm...

Obama's Golf Shorts: Should Grown Men Wear Shorts? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Anya Strzemien | Posted 05.28.2009 | Style


President Obama is known for his impeccable manners (see a blog post to this effect by Emily Post's great-great-granddaughter), but during a golf outi...

Obama Golfing At Andrews Air Force Base Courses

AP | CHRISTINE SIMMONS | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics


ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. — President Barack Obama took advantage of the summer weather in Washington on Sunday to play a round of golf. Befo...

Obama Can't Shake Bowling Jokes, Still Bad At Golf

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 01.30.2009 | Style


KAILUA, Hawaii — A handful of pro-Palestinian activists protested outside President-elect Barack Obama's vacation home on Tuesday and urged a ne...

Sam Stein

Pro-Palestine Group Tries To Lobby Obama At Golf Course

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics


An interesting political moment occurred Monday as Barack Obama was set to play golf with a group of friends. A couple approached the President-elec...

Obama's Hawaiian Holiday: Spam Sushi, Golf, Offers To Buy Beer For Reporter

Huffington Post | Posted 01.21.2009 | Politics


The pool report on Obama's holiday vacation in Hawaii today has some amusing accounts of his spam sushi lunch and a confession that he's not very good...

Where Does Obama Rank Among Golfing Presidents?

Chicago Sun Times | SHAMUS TOOMEY | Posted 01.03.2009 | Home


It may say more about the presidents who came before him than about his own skills, but Barack Obama has already cracked the top 10 of the best presid...