Report: Obama ties George W. Bush in rounds played
As a candidate, President Barack Obama was never far from a pickup basketball game, but now that he's president, Obama has a new favorite pastime: golf. Estimated to be a 16-20 handicap, the president played golf almost every weekend this summer, and the cooler fall temperatures aren't slowing him down. (Golf's better in the fall anyway, especially in swampy D.C.)
According to Politico.com, Obama's round on Sunday was his 24th since he took office. By contrast, George W. Bush had been president almost three years before he played his 24th round as president. However, if Obama is measuring himself against history, he has a long way to go. President Dwight D. Eisenhower played more than 800 rounds in his two terms as president.
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