Golf

It's used to measure the man's influence on business—but it applies to how he changes what happens on the golf course, too.

It’s been a while since we’ve seen that kind of fist pump.

The Open Championship returns to Carnoustie, an historic landscape of pain.

At the Masters, the former great struggled against golfers who grew up watching him.

As far as people-watching goes, you could do worse than the third hole at Augusta National. The rope line separating the gallery from the green is to the right of the putting surface, which is also just behind the tee box of the Homeric par-3 fourth. With no sand traps or obstructive trees around,…

There was a moment at the end of 2017 when, if you squinted hard enough, it seemed as though the Trump presidency might be approaching normal.

Donald Trump may have played golf with Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe earlier this year, but when Chinese president Xi Jinping made his own visit to Mar-a-Lago, a visit to the links was decidedly not on the agenda.

President Donald Trump spent part of his Columbus Day on the golf course at Trump National in Virginia with sometime-rival Lindsey Graham. The South Carolina senator later said on Twitter that he “really enjoyed a round of golf” with Trump, praising the president for shooting a “73 in windy and wet…

Long before I ever even picked up a golf club, I wanted to be the kind of person who golfed regularly. A Real Golfer, in other words. Even as a child, I loved the manicured, tightly controlled aesthetic of golf courses—​just the right (which is to say, minimal) amount of “nature” for my…

Long before I ever even picked up a golf club, I wanted to be the kind of person who golfed regularly. A Real Golfer, in other words. Even as a child, I loved the manicured, tightly controlled aesthetic of golf courses—​just the right (which is to say, minimal) amount of “nature” for my…

He was, by any strict measure, not the best ever to play his game. That would be Jack Nicklaus or, maybe, Tiger Woods. Perhaps Ben Hogan. Or Bobby Jones. But you could certainly make the argument that Arnold Palmer was the greatest ever for the game. And it isn’t even close. No other golfer has…

He was, by any strict meas­ure, not the best ever to play his game. That would be Jack Nicklaus or, maybe, Tiger Woods. Perhaps Ben Hogan. Or Bobby Jones. But you could certainly make the argument that Arnold Palmer was the greatest ever for the game. And it isn’t even close. No other golfer has…

The azaleas will not be in bloom for the Masters this year, spring having come early to Georgia. Nor will Arnold Palmer will be there on the first tee for the official opening of the tournament. Palmer, a presence at the Masters every year since 1955, died last September at the age of 87. He had…

Before he teed it up on the first hole at Torrey Pines, Tiger Woods had not played serious, competitive, tournament golf for some 17 months. Five hundred and twenty-two days, to be precise. So nobody—probably least of all, Tiger—was certain just how it would go for him at the Farmers Insurance…

Tiger Woods, like he has been so many times in the last 15 months away from the PGA Tour, was alone on Friday. His playing partner in the Hero World Challenge—Tiger's event in many respects, from his hosting, his foundation's sponsorship, and his first event since last August—withdrew before the…

Arnold Palmer's golf swing was no languid thing of beauty. He hit the ball like he was mad at it, and in his follow-through he looked like he was hanging on for dear life. The swing was unique. Like the man.

Golf's Ryder Cup approaches. It begins the Tuesday after this weekend, in fact, and ends on Sunday. It is the greatest team competition in a sport not really known for team competition. Golf seems, in fact, like just about the most solitary sort of athletic pursuit: One competes against the course…

Before this year's string of tournaments began, fans of professional golf were talking about the arrival of three "young guns." And it was excited talk—as golf talk goes. It had been some time since the game had the kind of rivalry at the top that these three promised. The prospect of Rory McIlroy,…

Dustin Johnson won the U.S. Open on Sunday, and he did it in defiance of his own history in the big tournaments and the pedantry of the people whose job it is to enforce the rules. They might have been medieval scholars debating the number of angels able to dance on the head of a pin.

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:

If he were a race horse, then up-to-now the smart play would have been to bet him to show. On six occasions, Jason Day had finished among the top five in the big golf tournaments known as the "majors." But never first. He seemed to lack that urge to run out ahead of the pack, where the view is…

Technically, we are told, it is simply “the Open.”  Or, perhaps, “The Open.”  Maybe even “The Open.”

The Professional Golfers' Association of America will move its annual Grand Slam of Golf tournament from a Los Angeles-area golf course owned by New York businessman and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. The tournament, which features the winners of the four major championships, was…

Well, Tiger Woods answered yesterday’s question – can he find the magic again? – and did so emphatically.  In a field of 156 golfers, one of them 15 years old, only two finished behind Tiger who shot an 80. There was no one thing wrong with his game.  It was a total wreck and it left the…

When he steps onto the first tee today, Tiger Woods will be coming off some of the worst rounds of his career and a last place finish in a tournament that he was accustomed to winning. In golf, as in all sport, anyone can have a bad day. But for Tiger Woods, this was something different. You wonder…

Fox will be using a drone and other high-tech means to cover the U.S. Open golf tournament. The Fox News Channel reports:

Hillary Clinton will announce today that she is running for president. The tension is … well, bearable. Evidently she will be making this announcement on social media and that’s fine just so long as it doesn’t get in the way of those of us who will be following Dan Jenkins, tweeting from the…

Today, at 1:48 EST, Tiger Woods will be teeing it up at the Masters.  It has been a long time since he has played in a tournament.  Longer still since he has won.  His round today will be closely scrutinized by fans of golf and millions of others whose interest in the game pretty much begins and…

President Obama and his family will head this evening to Hawaii, where he's expected to vacation until the new year.

The White House pool report notes President Obama is golfing with Derek Jeter and that the White House condemns today's terror attack in Kenya:

Time for the big smack down.  The USA vs. the whole of Europe in a take no prisoners golf match.  The Brits are already upset and accusing Team America of unsportsmanlike conduct.  What they object to is … Ricky Fowler’s haircut, which Oliver Brown describes in the Telegraph as:

A new report from NBC claims that President Obama couldn't get a tee time during a recent visit to New York. So he packed up and went home (before returning to New York the next night for a private wedding).

This morning in an interview with NBC's Meet the Press, President Obama defended his decision to golf immediately after making a statement on the beheading of American journalist James Foley. "[T]here's always going to be some tough news somewhere," he said. 

All of a sudden, people have noticed that we are in trouble, and many are saying it isn’t the president’s fault. All the bad news, from Iraq to Ukraine, from Libya and Syria to the Mexican border, just seems to have happened: Obama was standing there, golfing or shaking hands with donors, and, like…

During President Obama’s second term, about the only thing more common than seeing him out on the golf course has been seeing polls highlighting the striking unpopularity of his signature legislation.  Obama has golfed a reported 79 times so far in his second term (compared to a reported 24…

In politics, the preferred way to deal with a negative story is, of course, to ignore it.  Act as though it is of such slight importance, so obviously untrue, and peddled by such disreputable sources that it isn’t worth your attention.  You have far more important things to do.  Much loftier…

The world is exploding, as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said last week. But President Obama is going golfing -- again. 

President Obama went directly from giving remarks on Iraq and the ongoing situation in Ferguson, Missouri to the golf course. 

The Bidens are arriving today in the Hamptons to start their third vacation in a month. 

Lee Trevino was once asked about the pressure in some gaudy PGA tournament he was playing and recalled his days husting golf in Texas, "You don't know what pressure is,” he famously said, "until you've played for $5 a hole with only $2 in your pocket."

According to Gallup  among the 50 states, the president’s highest approval rating is in Hawaii where it is just above 60 percent.  Understandable, since he was born there, spends a lot of time and plays a lot of golf in the islands, and has enough history with Hawaii that he could call it home.

After delivering a statement on Syria this afternoon, Barack Obama jumped in the presidential limo and hit the links. Via an NBC reporter:

President Barack Obama went to the beach with his family this morning, and now he's golfing with comedian Larry David. Via the pool report:

President Obama delivered about an 8 minute statement on Egypt this morning, then went straight to the links. Via the pool report:

President Obama is golfing today on Martha's Vineyard. The foursome is made up of the following individuals, according to the White House pool reporter:

Reuters columnist David Rohde said this morning on CBS that it was "terrible optics" for President Obama to go golfing and Secretary of State John Kerry to go yachting as the Egyptian leader was overthrown:

President Obama is spending today, the day after the Fourth of July holiday, hitting the links. Via the pool reporter, he's with his buddies Martin Nesbitt and Dr. Eric Whitaker:

Speaking this morning in Belfast, President Obama took the opportunity to mix in a little golf talk as he addressed Northern Irish youth.

Tiger Woods shot a 44 on the front, 79 for the round, and finished 16 shots off the lead, yesterday, in the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village.  Later, speaking the royal plural, Woods explained:

Vice President Joe Biden is in Latin America meeting with foreign leaders. His first stop was in Colombia, where he landed yesterday and met with Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos.

President Barack Obama will start the week by attending 3 Democratic fundraisers in New York City, according to the White House.

The White House, via the pool reporter, has revealed that the president today didn't win in golf:

President Barack Obama is apparently hitting the links today. He'll be playing golf with two Republican senators, Saxby Chambliss and Bob Corker, and Senator Udall, a Democrat from Colorado.

Furloughed federal employees who like to play golf are in luck. There's a deal waiting for them, courtesy of the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority.

For the third weekend in a row, President Obama is hitting the links. CBS's Mark Knoller reports on Twitter:

The world of golf (an admittedly precious domain) held its breath Friday night and Saturday morning, waiting to learn if Tiger Woods would be disqualified at the Masters for a rules violation. This, after the enforcers of the rules had assessed a one-shot penalty against a fourteen year-old for…

In the first three months of the year, members of the first family have been on three vacations, averaging a vacation a month. And now it's being reported that the first daughters are on a spring break vacation in the Bahamas.

A reporter from Colorado asked White House spokesman Jay Carney how President Obama justifies "lavish vacations" and golf trips, and whether he plans to cut back:

After not seeing Barack Obama all weekend, the press are finally being let into the Floridian, the exclusive golf club that's hosted the president the last few days. Via the pool report: 

President Barack Obama, who is on a weekend getaway in Florida this weekend, hit the links with Tiger Woods today, the White House reveals. 

The president, down in Florida for vacation without his family, will spend the day golfing. The press, meanwhile, is on a "party bus," according to the pool report:

The White House confirms today that President Barack Obama will be vacationing in Florida this weekend. His wife, First Lady Michelle Obama, will be in Colorado. The two daughters will be with Michelle. 

President Barack Obama will vacation this weekend in Palm Beach. 

Phil Mickelson had a bad weekend on the golf course and was almost 20 strokes behind the leader, Tiger Woods, when play was suspended Sunday in the Farmers Insurance Open tournament at Torrey Pines. But as poorly as he hit the ball, it was nothing as to how badly Mickelson misplayed public…

This morning (Hawaii time!), President Barack Obama is hitting the links at the luxurious Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu’s North Shore. The resort has two professional grade courses, the Arnold Palmer and George Fazio courses.

At 12:54 a.m., on Saturday December 22, President Barack Obama and his family arrived at Kailua, a Hawaiian town on the island of Oahu. Almost five days later, Obama, leaving his wife and kids behind, departed the island to return to Washington, D.C. Obama’s vacation lasted a brief 118 hours,…

President Barack Obama is in Hawaii for Christmas. Right now, he's golfing with White House chef Sam Kass, staffer Marvin Nicholson, and friends Mike Ramos and Bobby Titcomb, according to the White House pool report.

White House spokesman Jay Carney wouldn't say who won President Obama's round of golf over the weekend with former President Bill Clinton, Terry McAuliffe, and Ron Kirk. Instead, Carney rhetorically asked, "Doesn't the sitting President always win?"

Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming believes President Barack Obama is "comfortable going off the [fiscal] cliff."

President Barack Obama is spending his first Saturday after winning reelection on the golf course. Today's outing is to the course on Andrews Air Force Base.

In a series of tweets this morning, golf star Paul Azinger seemed to rebuke President Barack Obama and endorse Mitt Romney--while offering a little advice to the Republican presidential candidate.

President Obama will spend his 51 birthday golfing. From the pool report: 

Political winds are funny things. When they are blowing in from behind, leaders look poised, in control, and powerful. When they are blowing into their face, they look overwhelmed, out of their depth, and utterly impotent. We have seen this time and again over the years with presidents.

If you are a first-time winner of one of the four professional golf tournaments that are considered “majors,” then you will inevitably be asked, “Is this a dream come true?” 

At tonight's Hanukkah party at the White House, President Obama seemed to slip a little off script when he told party goers that "we never need an excuse for a good party." All his guests laughed.

In How the Scots Invented the Modern World, Arthur Herman posed a bold but credible claim. But there was a major omission: The game of golf, which, with steam engines and classical economics, also originated in the foggy reaches of the Celtic fringe. The royal and ancient game, moreover, suffers…

NATO agrees to oversee no-fly zone.

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