President Barack Obama with, from left to right, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Sen. Mark Udall,, and Sen. Bob Corker (AP Photo).

UPDATE (via White House report):

This afternoon, the President, who has the highest handicap of the foursome, paired with up Senator Udall, who has the lowest. Senators Chambliss and Corker, aided by Chambliss's hole-in-one on the 11th, won the match.

The President enjoyed the chance to spend some time on the golf course with the Senators. Most of the talk centered on the round of golf and not the latest round of legislative negotiations in Congress. The President was pleased that the rain held off, despite the damp forecast.

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Never mind reaching across the aisle -- President Obama has reached across the tee.

With some free time in his schedule, the leader of the free world lit out for the links today, and he turned the round into a bipartisan outing by inviting two Republicans into his group. The President’s four-ball at the Andrews Air Force Base golf course in Maryland consisted of Sens. Bob Corker, R-Tenn, Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga, and Mark Udall, D-Colo.

You wonder if they played in two-man teams.

According to the New York Times, all three congressmen who joined the President are known for working together across party lines.

All three are the sort who are willing to work with colleagues of the other party on bipartisan legislation -- just the kind Mr. Obama is hoping to build into a super-majority of the Democrat-led Senate, at least 60 votes -- to pass his second-term priorities like budget, immigration and guns measures. With Senate passage of such legislation, the strategy holds, the House, and its Republican majority, would be under pressure to compromise in turn.

An avid golfer, Obama has caught flack from political opponents for spending too much time on the fairways. According to CBS News’ Mark Knoller, Obama has played 121 rounds since taking office in January 2009. On this occasion, at least, Sen. Corker had no complaints, describing the golf get-together as a “good thing.”

“With the major fiscal issues our country is facing, not mention foreign relations issues around the world, anytime you can get the president’s ear for a few hours, I think that’s a good thing.”

No word yet on what the stakes were. But most likely they were playing a five-dollar nassau.

Or for the future of health care reform.

She must be a Conan O'Brien fan.

Elin Nordegren, Tiger Woods's ex-wife, made a rare public appearance at the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday night. O'Brien hosted the event, which included a speech from President Obama. Society blog Guest Of A Guest has the details:

Elin came as a guest of People magazine, which is also the one and only outlet she interviewed with after her divorce. She made it very clear to the public that it would be her first and last interview. Only peek-a-boo paparazzi shots are published of Elin nowadays.

So, what was Elin doing at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, the ultimate media event? We may never know. The mother of two was almost able to fly below the radar during her entire time here, except for this photo Popsugar instagrammed on Friday at the People/TIME Party, and, well, this photo I snapped of her with my boyfriend before the dinner (which she attended, a source at People told Guest of a Guest). Perhaps People will have more photos and a new story to show in the next upcoming days, but as of now, there is very little online documenting her time in DC.

Woods and Nordegren divorced in 2010, following Woods's sex scandals. Woods is now dating skier Lindsey Vonn, although he reportedly attended Michael Jordan's wedding alone.

Photo: Elin Nordegren at the 2009 Presidents Cup (Getty Images)

There is a saying that more business is done on the golf course than in the office.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg thinks President Obama should continue to play golf, no matter the hefty price tag, every weekend in order to create and maintain relationships with other government officials.

"I find it fascinating, people criticize him for taking people to dinner - he should be doing that every night. They criticize him for going and playing golf with people who he's got to deal with. He should be doing that every weekend. You always can work better with somebody that you have a chance to build a social relationship with," Bloomberg said on CBS's "Face the Nation."

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich disagrees and believes the cost of each trip outweighs the positives.

"The president will use up more Secret Service time guarding him while he golfs than it would take to keep the White House tours open all year," Newt Gingrich said Friday on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer."

Photo: An aide takes several golf bags up the stairs of Air Force One as President Barack Obama prepared to depart from Palm Beach International Airport. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Tiger Woods and President Obama recently enjoyed a round at the Floridian, an upscale course in Palm City, Fla.

And it was costly.

Members of the course pay a $50,000 initiation fee and $15,000 in annual dues, according to Melissa Holsman of TCPalm.com. An hour with swing coach Butch Harmon at his on-site learning center sets you back another $3,000. But that total still falls short of what it cost just to protect the President while he enjoyed his eighteen holes with the world's No. 2 player.

The total bill for local law enforcement during the golf getaway was $78,205, according to WPTV.com.

St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office sourced the majority of the work with over 100 officers manning access gates and sixteen holes on the course.

Eighty-two deputies and a civilian vehicle maintenance employee worked at various times at a cost of $58,452.21 in salaries, sheriff’s officials said. St. Lucie County deputies handled security issues for 16 golf holes and access gates.

About 30 Martin deputies worked throughout the golf outing, at a salary cost of $17,452.92, with a majority going to overtime pay.

Port St. Lucie police spent $2,300 for a sergeant and six officers, with the bulk of the cost for overtime. Port St. Lucie officers provided traffic control for the presidential motorcade from Florida’s Turnpike on Becker Road to Gilson Road.

But no one was complaining about the charges, at least publicly.

"We don't resent doing this," Martin County Sheriff William Snyder said. "This is part of what we do. He's the president of the United States of America. It was our obligation to provide the security necessary for the president of the United States."

Tiger might have felt an obligation to even the playing field during his round with the President last week.

On Wednesday at a pro-am during the Honda Classic, Woods said he played a $5 Nassau during his round with the President against Houston Astros owner Jim Crane and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk.

The catch? Woods had to tee-off from the "Tee III," which measures 906 total yards shorter than the 7,114 yard Tee I.

Bob Harig of ESPN.com noted it was Woods' personal "Tee It Forward" gesture, an idea currently promoted by the USGA to quicken pace of play. Woods also said the bet included hitting driver even on the shortened holes. Even though the change in tees significantly reduces the yardage of the top two handicapped holes, No. 9 and 18, by almost 80 yards each, Woods said the change in distance didn't always translate into better results.

"It's not that easy," he said. "There's nowhere to hit it from up there. The fairways get narrower and the holes bend."

His match with Obama was the first of two highly-publicized exhibition matches for Woods this month, with the second coming last Sunday against world No. 1 Rory McIlroy.

But it's doubtful the top two players in the world played from anything other than the championship tees.

(Photo: President Obama on a golf course in Hawaii on Dec. 31, 2009. Chris Carlson/AP)

Rush Limbaugh explained to the world on Tuesday the reason why there weren't pictures of President Barack Obama playing golf with Tiger Woods at the Floridian last weekend. It would have been bad publicity for President Obama, Limbaugh said on his radio show, but not for the reason you might think.

“Tiger’s a one percenter. The fear of the photo op had nothing to do with the fact that Tiger’s had a whole bunch of different girlfriends.”

“If you are a successful, national-level politician, and Obama claims to be that, then you can’t afford to hang around with people who aren’t going to give you money. You must hang around with the wealthy. But you don’t want pictures of it, because that just rams it down the throats of the middle class, that you actually aren’t one of them, and that you don’t want to be one of them, and that you don’t want to hang out with them.”

“I think it’s safe to say, folks, that Obama’s now spent more time with Tiger Woods than he has with the Republican leadership.”

When President Barack Obama returned from his golf weekend in Florida, the White House press corps only wanted to know one thing: Did the president beat Tiger Woods? From The Daily Caller:

After a golf weekend in Florida avoiding the press, President Barack Obama returned to the White House Monday night, where he faced screaming reporters trying to hold him accountable by asking, in unison, “Did you beat Tiger?”

According to the White House pool report, Obama returned to the White House at 8:10 p.m. on Marine One. As he exited the helicopter on the South Lawn and made his way towards the South Portico, a group of reporters demanded to know whether the president vanquished golfing legend Tiger Woods, his Sunday golf companion.

The president appeared to have heard the question and cracked a smile, according to the pool report, but just continued on his way.

The answer to this pressing question is no. Obama and Woods played together and won their match, according to Houston Astros owner Jim Crane, who was on the losing side. In an interview with Fox 26 Houston, Crane, who owns the Floridian course that hosted the Woods-Obama round, said he was impressed with the president's game.

"We were down at the Floridian," Crane told FOX 26 Sports. "We got a request for the President to stay there. He came in Friday night.

"I got to play nine holes with him yesterday. Today we got to play 18 with he, Tiger Woods and Ron Kirk. We had a fun day.

As Crane pointed out, playing golf with the President and Tiger Woods, it does not get much better than that.

"It's unbelievable," Crane said. "One of the best players in the world, if not the best player in the world and the President.

"He's so gracious and so kind and he worked very hard to include everybody, very friendly. He loves the game and he's a good athlete. He hit a lot of great shots today.

Crane, who is a scratch golfer in his own right, was impressed with the President's game.

"He played pretty good," Crane said. "He made a bunch of pars. I don't think he made a birdie. He putts the ball well. He strikes it well. "I think if he had a little time, he'd probably get pretty proficient at it."

Obama made a smart choice for his partner for the match as well, Crane said.

"Ron Kirk and I played them," Crane said. "They did put it on us pretty good."

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Photo: President Obama's golf clubs outside the White House (Getty Images).

Talk about the ultimate buddies trip!

President Obama is finishing his golf vacation to Florida this Presidents Day weekend with a round of golf with Tiger Woods, according to Golf World senior writer Tim Rosaforte.

The President is arriving at The Floridian range. Awaiting is Tiger Woods and club owner Jim Crane. Historic day in golf. Their first round.

— Tim Rosaforte (@TimRosaforte) February 17, 2013

Obama has never before played with Woods, who gave a speech in support of the military during Obama inauguration celebrations in 2009.A passionate golfer, Obama is on a boys' weekend in Florida with friends, staying at a hotel in Port St. Lucie and playing golf at the Floridian, a private course owned by businessman and Houston Astros owner Jim Crane. In addition to playing with Woods, Obama also got a golf lesson from Woods's former swing coach Butch Harmon, and played some holes with Harmon.

According to the Associated Press, Obama played golf on Saturday with Eric Whitaker, a friend from Chicago, and White House trip director Marvin Nicholson, a regular in Obama's foursomes at the golf course at Andrews Joint Air Base in Maryland. Obama also played Saturday with Ron Kirk, the outgoing U.S. trade representative, and Houston businessman Tony Chase.

Obama has embraced golf since becoming president, playing more than 100 rounds since taking office in 2009. He took a break from the game during his re-election campaign, but this Florida vacation might indicate that the president intends to play more in 2013.

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Now that he's delivered his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama is now looking to improve the state of his golf swing.

According to GolfWorld's Tim Rosaforte, Obama will get a golf lesson from Butch Harmon and his son Claude Harmon III this weekend in Palm City, Fla.

The President's golfing weekend at The Floridian GC in Palm City, Fla., will include more than golf on a Tom Fazio course or an afternoon of ball beating at the Harmon School of Golf on campus. The Harmons, Butch and son Claude III, are flying in to work with President Obama, who inquired through an aide if they would be on property during his stay.

"I've played golf with Ike, Nixon, Ford and President Bush 41," Harmon said from his golf school in Henderson, Nev. "I never played with President Clinton. I met him in the Oval Office. It'll be interesting. I know the President is a real keen golfer. I'm looking forward to it. It should be fun."

Obama has become a passionate golfer, playing more than 100 rounds since taking office in 2008. He took a break from the game during his re-election campaign, but this visit to see the Harmons indicates that the president intends to play more in 2013.

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During an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News, Donald Trump invited President Obama to play golf at his Washington D.C. course, according to a report by Newshounds.

Trump said he hopes that in six years, when Obama is presumably retired and playing golf, “hopefully at Trump National in Washington, because I have the best course in Washington," that he'd "love" to "have (Obama) there."

The invitation comes just months after Trump offered to donate $5 million to President Obama's charity of choice in exchange for his birth certificate.

(Photo: Vincent Laforet)

Just 30 minutes after the House voted to avoid the fiscal cliff late Tuesday night, President Obama boarded Air Force One and returned to Hawaii, according to a report by USA Today.

After landing in Honolulu, the President hit the gym and visited his Kailua rental home before playing a round of golf at the Marine Corps Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course.

Obama arrived in Hawaii on Friday, Dec. 21, to begin the Obama family's fifth annual Christmas vacation, He returned to Washington D.C., without his family, on Dec. 27 to tend to the fiscal cliff debate.

President Obama waves as he returns from golf and a walk on the beach on Dec. 26. (Gerald Herbert/AP)