Obama spends day golfing with Tiger Woods on Fla. links

At left, President Barack Obama chipped his shot on the 9th green at Mid-Pacific Country Club on December 28, 2010, in Kailua, HI. At right, Tiger Woods chips onto the green on the fourth hole during the final round of the Tiger Woods World Challenge Presented by Northwestern Mutual at Sherwood Country Club on December 2, 2012, in Thousand Oaks, California. / Getty Images/CBS News composite

It's been quite a weekend on the links for President Obama, who today rounded out his stay at a Palm City, Fla., golf resort by taking on Tiger Woods.

The White House confirmed that the president played his first-ever round against the golf icon, one day after playing with Woods's former coach, Butch Harmon, along with a host of his Houston-based campaign fundraisers. Joining today were U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Jim Crane, who owns the Houston Astros as well as the Floridian National Golf Club where Mr. Obama is staying.

Although he said he's not going to turn his account into a "Tiger Tracker," Golf Digest's Tim Rosaforte wrote on Twitter that on the first hole Woods "holed out greenside bunker" for a birdie. Shortly after his original post announcing Woods's arrival, Rosaforte noted the Club's website had crashed because of exceeded bandwidth.

The president hosted Woods at the White House in 2009, months before the golfer's professional career nosedived into jeopardy after news surfaced of his numerous extramarital affairs.

[tiredofliberals]

I wonder how much Tiger payed in taxes

[nobs10]

OB vacationing with the bimbo King. Bet the fun starts after 18 holes.

[zmonkee]

good to see CBS burying this article, along with the one of obo and the mooch taking separate vacations....costing the tax payers even MORE money

[tenbender]

Ben, You sound like a union worker. You don't have a job. Your just are like a horse pulling a plow. Whatever the union gives you is what you take. I doubt you could get a job on your own.

[zmonkee]

andie52 replies: jgg000010 do you think that using Airforce1 for 77 round trips to the ranch was free?

it's a lot cheaper than flying it back and forth to Hawaii on the same vacation...multiple times--

[AlaskaCubdriver]

I am SO proud of our fearless leader. 1st, shooting skeet- they taste like chicken don't they boss? Now honing his skills playing golf. Really not much else going on is there? This is sooooo sick. Oops, wait. He gets a free pass. Just look at see B.S. News as well as cnn (sic) the 'n' b see and all B chit news and how it's covered. Hey! Where is the 'master gardener'?

[zmonkee]

ben- I think most people are upset at the TIMING of his vacation-- and he also just gone spending over $7million on his vacation 2 months ago-
Also...the big Mooch couldn't go to Florida with him? She had to spend additional tax payers money to go skiiing??

[Independent11]

This is news? The President is golfing, again. All I want to know is WHY:

WHY IS THE WHITE HOUSE HIDING the Benghazi survivors from the media, the Congress, and the People?

How do we know they are ok? Not being threatened into silence? Not having their First Amendment rights violated? Is this the U.S.A., or Communist Russia?

Where are the Benghazi survivors?

[gjc1n1]

Why can't he go golfing? Is that against the law? For folks who enjoy golf, and there are a lot of us who do, then yes, this is news.

What does the balance of your statement have to do with this article? Or are you using this opportunity to make a hate speech? If you want to express your opinion or Benghazi, gun control or Communism, then go to the appropriate article and comment there or write a letter expressing your opinion to the Editor.

[sawmillworker1963]

Rethinking my opinion of The President.

[voterx]

GEORGE W. BUSH-VACATION TIME
487 days at Camp David, 490 days at Crawford Ranch, 43 days at Kennebunkport Compound

Total: 1020 days, more than 1/3rd of his presidency. http://www.politicususa.com/en/obama-bush-vacation


Bush set the record for most vacation time taken by ANY president. When told about Katrina problems while on vacation at his ranch, he stayed on vacation! Meanwhile it took 5 days to get water to the superdome in New Orleans and people died of thirst in their wheelchairs. Bush also crashed the economy in his spare time, costing USA over 17 TRILLION!


Obama took -70 days as of (8-1-2011) In 3 years
Carter took- 79 days in 4 years.
Clinton took- 152 days in 8 years.
GOP-Reagan took- 335 days in 8 years.
GOP-Bush Sr. took- 543 days in 4 years.
GOP-Bush Jr. took - 1020 days in 8 years.

3-Dem-Presidents total time on vacation----301 days

3-GOP- Presidents total time on vacation---1898 days


GOP - Presidents took -1597 more days in vacations in their 3 administrations, 0r 4.375 more years!


Bush spent 1,020 days of his presidency on vacation. To put this into context, John F. Kennedy spent fewer days in office, 1000, than George W. Bush spent on vacation.

[jgg000010]

From your own post....

GEORGE W. BUSH-VACATION TIME
487 days at Camp David, 490 days at Crawford Ranch, 43 days at Kennebunkport Compound

...all of these locations are equipped as presidential retreats.
There were no entourages, no renting out entire hotels, no renting mansions and estates, no additional security required.

[andie52]

jgg000010 do you think that using Airforce1 for 77 round trips to the ranch was free?

[jkjdjjmjj]

The President is out golfing and vacationing while there are homeless veterans in the streets. When is his term over???

[jgg000010]

the reason the latest veteran's jobs bill was shot down was because there were 6 jobs bills already for veteran's. And the latest bill was nothing more than another blandishment for unions, particularly police and firefighters. But I'm sure you knew that already.

[jgg000010]

no, titan, because it is glaringly obvious that you are a union tool.

[wfw3536]

It is really sad that our President would hang out with such a low life like Tiger who cheated on his wife and small children numerious times. You would think Obama would have more sense than to lower himself to this level.

[erasmus111]

wfw3536


Yes, I'm kind of surprised by that too.

[daylin505]

Tiger is a human being and fallible. He isn't the first, nor will he be the last, to cheat on their spouse and children. Morality police are just as bad as politically correct police.....jeez