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Barack Obama's love of golf has been widely documented, including the time he crashed a wedding at Torrey Pines last October. It's unlikely the next commander-in-chief will share the same zeal for the game that Obama does, especially if Ted Cruz gets elected. Cruz is on a bus tour through Iowa that covers 28 towns in six days. On Saturday's stop, Cruz was asked if he played golf. According to a New York Times report, Cruz said he played golf, but does so "horribly." "Do I golf?" Mr. Cruz said, repeating the question. "Horribly. And indeed, to call what I...

Samuel L. Jackson appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers Tuesday night to address a recent insulting Donald Trump tweet.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Margery Hadar, who began playing golf three years ago, made the most of a Sunday round at Granada Golf Course by recording TWO holes-in-one. The 73-year-old New York resident, using a driver that she called, "the best club in my bag," holed out on the 164-yard [492-feet] No.5 hole and nearly 30 minutes later on the 112-yard [336-feet] No.7 hole. The 1923 Donald Ross layout is touted as South Florida's oldest continuous operated par-3 course.

In a report released Wednesday, the state auditor faulted Hawaii's Department of Human Services in failing to implement the state's online system for the Affordable Care Act known as Obamacare. DHS did "not properly plan for or implement" the $155 million health care exchange, which is called the Kauhale On-Line Eligibility Application system, or KOLEA. "Poor planning and lack of effective leadership at the division level exacerbated already tight time constraints for developing KOLEA and forced the KOLEA Project Team to develop the eligibility and enrollment process while designing KOLEA," the audit states.

President Obama went golfing in Hawaii yesterday and called the press over when he reached the 18th hole. The commander in chief then made what ABC News describes as a 40-foot chip shot:

Alright, so the only thing hotter than this girl is her golf swing. Check it out. She nails it! This is the sort of thing that shatters stereotypes. You know what I’m talking about, right? The stereotypes that usually revolve around hot blonde girls being less than intelligent. The ones that say they are nothing more than beautiful smiles with a fantastic pair of… eyes, yeah that’s it, eyes. Well this beauty could be a liaison for the advocacy group, “Blondes with Brains”. There is a video of the swing.

Trump lettering an billboard was torn down from complex two days ago; Came after Trump called for a total ban on Muslims coming to the U.S.; But signs at the billion-dollar development have now been restored; While no official explanation has been given, it is speculated that the decision could be down to 'contractual obligations'

A Dubai real estate firm has restored Donald Trump's name on a $6 billion golf complex it is building with the U.S. businessman and presidential hopeful, days after taking it down following his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States. Trump prompted an uproar when he made his comments in response to deadly shootings in California by two Muslims who authorities said were radicalized. Gold letters spelling out "Trump International Golf Club," affixed to a landscaped stone wall at the entrance to the golf complex being built by DAMAC Properties, were removed on Thursday, according to a Reuters...

Game Over? Tiger Woods Presses Reset The 14-time golf major winner said he has no idea when he will play again; ‘I’ve had a pretty good run’ Nassau, BahamasFour weeks before his 40th birthday, Tiger Woods found himself in an air-conditioned tent Tuesday ruminating about the fragility of the human body.He was talking about Kobe Bryant, who debuted for the Los Angeles Lakers in 1996, the same year Woods turned pro. But as Woods reflected on Bryant’s decision to retire after this season, it was hard not to notice a parallel between the two of them.“You add up all those...

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the City Park Improvement Association brought by advocates opposed to the ongoing construction of a $24.5 million golf complex in the park. City Park for Everyone Coalition still has a pending lawsuit against the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which contributed $6 million in Hurricane Katrina recovery funds toward the project. The coalition argued that City Park and FEMA together failed to consider all of the possible environmental consequences of building an 18-hole championship course and didn't give the public enough opportunity to comment as required under federal and state laws. City Park...

RUSH: Well, what's the question? (interruption) Snerdley wants to know how does anybody overcome Trump's 67% essential approval rating on the economy if you're another Republican nominee. You have to hope that something's gonna happen to force Trump out. It really is stunning. The polling data that we shared earlier, it's a CNN poll. And this number, it's a poll of Nevada and South Carolina, where Trump is leading by 16 points, Nevada, 18 points in South Carolina, and he's way ahead in both states where voters are asked which Republican has the best chance of winning the general election....

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained records from the U.S. Department of the Air Force revealing that Barack Obama’s February and March 2015 travel for golf vacations and fundraisers totaled $4,436,245.50 in taxpayer-funded transportation expenses. The documents regarding the Obama travel expenses came in response to two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests filed by Judicial Watch. To date, the Secret Service has not provided requested information, as required by FOIA, regarding security costs.

<p>It was Bishop who surprisingly extended the captaincy for the 2014 matches to Watson, who remains the last American captain to win the biennial matches in Europe back in 1993.</p> <p>While I was very flattered by PGA President (Derek) Sprague’s honoring me to be inducted into PGA Hall of Fame, I couldn’t accept in good conscience because of how the PGA mishandled the firing of my friend and immediate past president of the PGA, Ted Bishop..</p>

ATLANTA — Jordan Spieth already has the best year in golf. He’s one round away from having the richest year in golf history. Spieth battled through a tough, rainy Saturday at the Tour Championship and overtook Henrik Stenson by one shot with a 2-under-par 68.

Not much doubt remained that Jack Nicklaus would retain his record for victories in major golf tournaments. But any lingering thoughts of Tiger Woods possibly supplanting him were snuffed for good last week. What once seemed inevitable has transitioned to impossible. Stuck at 14 major victories since capturing the 2008 U.S. Open, Woods will not win five more majors. Woods will not win four more majors to tie Nicklaus‘ mark of 18. He would do well to win another tournament, period, something he last accomplished at the 2013 Bridgestone Invitational. He has teed off in 23 PGA tournaments since then...

Let's take a break this morning, and depart from the negatory stuff from the past week on Donald Trump. I think you'll enjoy this short video with golf pro Hank Haney, who analyzes Trump's golf swing...I think you can predict the outcome. Trump has his own style. There is so much going on with this man, starting with just his life from birth to the present. So much for all of us to discover, ie if he becomes our next president. I would love to see Trump and Obama playing golf together, in fact, you know someday this will happen.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and California officials say some 482,000 Volkswagen and Audi diesels were engineered to falsify their emissions for federal tests—a violation that opens the German automaker to a theoretical fine totaling $18 billion. The EPA and California Air Resources Board say the affected models had software in its computer engine controls that could sense exactly when it was being tested for emissions quality. At all other times, it would run the diesels in a different mode with illegal levels of pollution; for example, spewing up to 40 times more nitrogen oxide, a key component of smog,...

DOVER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WWJ/AP) — Police say a golfer from Ohio has died after being stung at least 20 times by bees as he searched for a ball in woods in northern Michigan. Michigan State Police Sgt. Mark Tamlyn says Darryl Dever of Powell was pronounced dead Wednesday after having trouble breathing. Tamlyn told WWJ Newsradio 950 that Dever and a friend — a doctor — were golfing together at Treetops Resort’s north course when Dever went into the woods to retrieve a ball.

President Barack Obama leveled cheating charges against former Yankee great Derek Jeter as the athlete easily beat him in a round of golf. Press Secretary Josh Earnest alleged that “the president’s prowess has been borne out in hundreds of rounds over the past six years where he has gone undefeated against every prior opponent. How likely is it that Jeter would be the only person to win against him?” Earnest brushed aside the possibility that a skilled professional athlete of Jeter’s caliber might have genuinely been a better golfer. “Let me point out that the president has more hours of...

President Barack Obama has played a lot of golf in his days as the nation’s leader. On Monday, Obama relayed one of his golf stories while speaking at a fundraiser for the Nevada Democratic Party hosted at the home of The Las Vegas Sun owner Brian Greenspun. Obama talked about about golfing with Greenspun and former New York Yankees star Derek Jeter, saying the two “stole money” from him because Jeter was “shanking balls everywhere” at the practice range and then beat him on the course.