From the files of WHAT THE #$^&$#(%!!!! …

A State Supreme Court judge in Westchester County, N.Y., has issued a temporary restraining order against storied Winged Foot Golf Club, banning play on the par-3 sixth hole on its East Course. The judge issued the order after a Winged Foot neighbor sued the club, claiming his home’s proximity to the sixth green “has opened him up to so many errant golf balls that it has caused a ‘life-threatening condition’ for him, his two young children and his dog,” The New York Times reported.

The case was first reported Tuesday in the New York Post’s gossip pages, which tells you a lot about this story.

More from the Times:

The neighbor, Anthony Pecora, “has suffered $14,000 in damage to his home from errant golf balls, including five broken windows this year alone, said Julius Cohn, his lawyer. He said Mr. Pecora, who moved into the house in 2003, began complaining about the errant shots in 2006, when the club cut down several trees between his house and the sixth green.

‘He has golf balls raining down on his home—his children can’t even walk on the property,’ Cohn said. ‘He has pails and pails of golf balls,’ he said, adding that Mr. Pecora’s 14-year-old dog ate a golf ball last year and required emergency surgery, costing $3,344.40.”

I don’t want to pass any rash judgments here, but buying a home on a golf course and then suing the club for balls in your yard? That’s sort of like living on a game reserve and filing a restraining order against the lions.

Donald Trump, a Winged Foot member who knows a thing or two about bad real estate decisions, told the Times that the Winged Foot members were stunned by the court order. “To close a hole, it’s a sad day for the club,” The Donald said. “I’m thinking maybe I’ll visit the gentleman. I’d love to go and mediate it.”

Anthony ... you're fired!

Where do the similarities end between Sen. Barack Obama and John F. Kennedy? On the golf course, apparently. JFK was a legit player, a member of the Harvard golf team. Obama, well, he’s still working out some kinks.

The Illinois senator was spotted this weekend leaving his Chicago home with a golf bag slung over his shoulder. No word on where he played, but an Obama spokesperson, according to the L.A. Times, said: "They went to a golf course, and they swung golf clubs. I don’t think it was real pretty."

Obama's — let's see, how might a politician put this? — "golfing inefficiencies" won't likely cost him any votes this fall, and if he does win the White House, he will join a long line of presidential duffers. Fourteen of the last 17 presidents played small ball, according to Don Van Natta's "First Off The Tee: White House Golf Tales," beginning with William Taft, who "looked like a sumo wrestler trying to hit a fly with a fly swatter."

As for Sen. John McCain, a quick Google search reveals no evidence that he’s much of a golfer either — if at all. But that hasn't stopped him from using the game to help fund his campaign. In fact, act now and you can pick up your very own "McCain Golf Pack" just in time for Father’s Day!