Quietly, the President Finds That Golf Is No Slam Dunk (sucks at golf, sucks at being POTUS)

wsj ^ | 11/24/2009 | ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON

[milwguy]

One day last summer, Gene Mulak, observing carnage in the sand trap, decided it was time to rescue the Leader of the Free World.

"Open the clubface more!" the golf pro yelled to President Barack Obama. A rank of bodyguards stiffened when they heard the shouting, but the commander-in-chief continued to hack away, sand flying, recalls Mr. Mulak, a resident professional at the Vineyard Golf Club in Martha's Vineyard, Mass.

Mr. Obama waved off the guards and welcomed Mr. Mulak into the pit. The pro says he gave the president tips on his golf stance and his swing, both of which were conspiring against him. "He would have had trouble getting out of any bunker in the country," concludes Mr. Mulak.

Which all serves to deepen a mystery that has surrounded the presidency: Why has Barack Obama forsaken basketball for the links?

[milwguy]

POTUS is now being dissed on his golf game. SNL making fun of his diplomacy. Liberal Daily Beast trashing him on 'Amateur Hour' foreign policy. What next? Maybe he will insult the leader of India tonight by serving some of the Wagyu beef he is so fond of. (PM of India is vegetarian and they aren't into eating their cows, lol)

[gov_bean_ counter]

There is a still shot circulating of Obie dribbling a basketball in traffic. Nobody is seriously guarding him. The posit on of his hand on the ball clearly indicates he doesn't know WTH he is doing with that either.

[Sacajaweau]

PM of India (a known vegetarian): What do you call this?

Watermelon

[Boiling Pots]

He reminds me in a way of the Denzel Washington character in “Carbon copy.” He might LOOK like he has athletic talent, but in fact he’s as clumsy as clumsy can be.

[Doogle]

....wondering if the PM of India likes his DVD set of Gunga Din?

[Logic n' Reason]

True enough...he sucks at golf (not an islamic sport anyway). He also sucks at governing, planning, optimizing, strategizing, being muslim-in-chief of the greates military in the entire world, drinking beer, picking a passable marriage partner...and a host of other things.

But it is claimed he was a heck of a community organizer!

Maybe he could become the head of ACORN.....excuse me....acorn?

[Corporate Law]

Kind like when Effin was running in 2004 and arranged a hockey game with several ex-Bruins and was scoring at will. However, if you looked not too closely at it, the real hockey players were letting him breeze by and/or “react late” to his alleged dekes. Effin acted he scored the Stanley Cup winning goal.

[Vendome]

this guy’s whole presidency is going to be known as a mulligan.

[70th Division]

I wonder if he cheats like Bill Clinton did? Obama the Rodney Dangerfield of deplomacy.

[Colonel_Flagg]

That’s okay. I’m sure Chairman Zero declared the hole in question a par-46, and said he birdied the sucker.

[Psycho_Bunny]

I’ve found that the black men I’ve played with are almost always good because most black men won’t touch the game. The one’s who do play really aren’t there to dabble.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Whatever happened to that guy Larry who claimed Obama just sucks?

[left that other site]

Can I be the first on this thread to say...

BUSH’S FAULT!!!!!

I know I’m a n00b, so this was my first time EVER! LOL

[browardchad]

Something tells me this isn't about playing golf. It's a way of avoiding the media, his wife, his kids and his responsibilities, and it follows the pattern that supposedly almost wrecked his marriage as a State Senator -- he was never home.

Plus he maybe, er,using golf as an excuse to indulge one bad habit or another out of sight of the public.

[mirkwood]

[MinuteGal]

"I know I'm a n00b so this was my first time EVER! LOL"

The way I read it, "n00b" spelled backwards is "b00n".....and you are a boon to FR, by gum!

Belated welcome aboard!

Leni/MinuteGal

[dforest]

Do you wonder if Joe Biden was invited to the big state taxpayer funded dinner?

Was it Joe who made smarmy remarks about people from India?

[DeFault User]

Was it Joe who made smarmy remarks about people from India?

You're thinking of that astute diplomat, woman of the world, fastidiously correct, harbinger of peace and light, Hillary {drum roll} CLINTON.

[BenLurkin]

http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/swing.wav

[Texas resident]

The fact that he can’t play golf is not his fault. There are so few golf courses in Indonesia.
Besides, like everything else, it’s Bush’s fault.
Darth Cheney cast a spell on the one’s golf clubs so that when swung, the head angle changes to make the worst possible shot. Man, I wish I had Cheney’s power.