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FarCenter

(19,429 posts) Sun Feb 17, 2013, 05:03 PM Feb 2013

In a first, Obama plays golf with Tiger Woods

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama had a chance to see how golf is played at the highest level on Sunday, teeing off with Tiger Woods, the world's No. 2 golfer.

Obama, an avid weekend golfer, and Woods, who won his 75th title last month, played together for the first time at the Floridian Yacht and Golf Club.

Less than a month after starting his second term, Obama is on a three-day golf getaway in Florida, while his wife, Michelle, and their daughters, Malia and Sasha, are skiing in Colorado. On Saturday he received instructional tips from Woods' former swing coach, Butch Harmon.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Obama and Woods were joined on the course by U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Jim Crane, the resort owner who also owns the Houston Astros baseball team

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/17/us-obama-golf-idUSBRE91F04N20130217

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In a first, Obama plays golf with Tiger Woods (Original Post) FarCenter Feb 2013 OP

Is Obama Muslin? He "typically tees it up with a group of close-knit friends." pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #1

Oh, a fabric joke! louis-t Feb 2013 #2

that could appear unseamly to some Whisp Feb 2013 #3

C'mon--it's not the worsted one you ever heard pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #6

... but muslin is woven ... surrealAmerican Feb 2013 #10

Obama is toilerant of all dufferent kinds pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #12

Ha! I'm in stitches!! nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #17

takes some cojones to tee it up with tiger... spanone Feb 2013 #4

I would poop my pants. louis-t Feb 2013 #5

That might be the best way Cirque du So-What Feb 2013 #16

I can assure you guys they are freezing their collective a$$es off today. Finally got to around 52 monmouth3 Feb 2013 #7

Ed Henry of Fox is melting down alsame Feb 2013 #8

Hahaha! He is annoyed, isn't he. Good! nt babylonsister Feb 2013 #9

Ed Henry whining about not being given access to the President Cha Feb 2013 #11

What part of "private course" does he not understand? tarheelsunc Feb 2013 #13

It's another Obama cover-up!1!! pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #14

Why not today? hootinholler Feb 2013 #15

Why is FOX worried about "inside access"? That just fabricate the news anyway! nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #18

Nice way to weave the 2 subthreads together pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #19

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

1. Is Obama Muslin? He "typically tees it up with a group of close-knit friends."

Reply to FarCenter (Original post)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 05:07 PM

Feb 2013

louis-t

(23,295 posts)

2. Oh, a fabric joke!

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 05:19 PM

Feb 2013

Cut from the same cloth? Hangs around guys he cottons to?

Whisp

(24,096 posts)

3. that could appear unseamly to some

Reply to louis-t (Reply #2)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 05:21 PM

Feb 2013

haha. That one got me in stitches.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

6. C'mon--it's not the worsted one you ever heard

Reply to louis-t (Reply #2)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 05:29 PM

Feb 2013

I thought that line in the article was just oh, sew funny.

surrealAmerican

(11,362 posts)

10. ... but muslin is woven ...

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 05:53 PM

Feb 2013

... his group of friends are perhaps jersey?

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

12. Obama is toilerant of all dufferent kinds

Reply to surrealAmerican (Reply #10)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 06:03 PM

Feb 2013

I know, I know...

OldDem2012

(3,526 posts)

17. Ha! I'm in stitches!! nt.

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 07:37 PM

Feb 2013

spanone

(135,844 posts)

4. takes some cojones to tee it up with tiger...

Reply to FarCenter (Original post)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 05:22 PM

Feb 2013

louis-t

(23,295 posts)

5. I would poop my pants.

Reply to spanone (Reply #4)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 05:23 PM

Feb 2013

Cirque du So-What

(25,941 posts)

16. That might be the best way

Reply to louis-t (Reply #5)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 07:35 PM

Feb 2013

to throw off his game. Good thinking!

monmouth3

(3,871 posts)

7. I can assure you guys they are freezing their collective a$$es off today. Finally got to around 52

Reply to FarCenter (Original post)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 05:29 PM

Feb 2013

degrees for five/ten minutes and now wending its way back down..Brrrrrrr

alsame

(7,784 posts)

8. Ed Henry of Fox is melting down

Reply to FarCenter (Original post)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 05:32 PM

Feb 2013

on Twitter because he wasn't allowed to watch

It's all about 'transparency"

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babylonsister

(171,070 posts)

9. Hahaha! He is annoyed, isn't he. Good! nt

Reply to alsame (Reply #8)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 05:41 PM

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Cha

(297,322 posts)

11. Ed Henry whining about not being given access to the President

Reply to alsame (Reply #8)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 05:59 PM

Feb 2013

and Tiger Woods playing golf together is the icing on the cake. Delicious.

tarheelsunc

(2,117 posts)

13. What part of "private course" does he not understand?

Reply to alsame (Reply #8)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 06:04 PM

Feb 2013

He thinks because he is a "media" member, the course should just let him in and do whatever he wants?

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

14. It's another Obama cover-up!1!!

Reply to alsame (Reply #8)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 06:08 PM

Feb 2013

hootinholler

(26,449 posts)

15. Why not today?

Reply to alsame (Reply #8)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 06:49 PM

Feb 2013

Because it's Tiger.

I'm pretty sure Tiger doesn't want a gallery in a casual round.

OldDem2012

(3,526 posts)

18. Why is FOX worried about "inside access"? That just fabricate the news anyway! nt.

Reply to alsame (Reply #8)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 07:39 PM

Feb 2013

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

19. Nice way to weave the 2 subthreads together

Reply to OldDem2012 (Reply #18)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 08:13 PM

Feb 2013

I wool remember that. If there's anything we need around here, it's moire puns!

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