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Obama plays to a 24 handicap, Biden to 8.2

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The newest edition of Golf Digest talks about our P.E.'s new profession! Barack Obama started taking up golf about a year ago, and he currently plays to a handicap of +24. Joe Biden plays to a +8.2 handicap.
http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/2...?currentPage=1
Couldn't find the part about Biden online, but it is in the actual magazine.
EDIT: About three years ago, Biden was a +7.4 handicap. I guess he's been struggling: http://www.golfdigest.com/rankings/2...ankings_gd2007

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scottevans77 Well Established Member

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Obama didn't take up the game a year ago, it was more like over 10 yrs ago. Michelle Obama wanted him to take the game up as an alternative to his favorite sport, basketball. It didn't really work though, as he still plays basketball as well as playing golf.

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Just curious why when Geroge Bush plays golf he's being a snobby, rich old white guy who hates all minorities, but when Obama does it's really cool?

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I'm thinking for next election, instead of boring debates where no one ever says anything true, they should play golf instead. To make it interesting, let them play by normal political rules where honesty and fairness are not an issue and etiquette doesn't exist.
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Just curious why when Geroge Bush plays golf he's being a snobby, rich old white guy who hates all minorities, but when Obama does it's really cool?

Because Obama is the messiah!

What a fluff piece. The guy for the most part sucks at golf... what is the big deal?
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Just curious why when Geroge Bush plays golf he's being a snobby, rich old white guy who hates all minorities, but when Obama does it's really cool?

I hate GWB but I've never thought of him as snobby or bigoted. He probably has had more diversity in his cabinet than Clinton did, maybe more than Obama will. There was the time where he gave a press conference from the tee box ("now watch this drive") that seemed a little callous, and the golf abstinence to honor the troops seemed silly to me.

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gwb playing golf never struck me as him being snobby. in fact, it was about the only thing i liked about him. but agreed with the previous poster - the whole "i had to give up golf" because of the war was pretty silly.
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Just curious why when Geroge Bush plays golf he's being a snobby, rich old white guy who hates all minorities, but when Obama does it's really cool?

I think that's more in your mind than anywhere else.

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gw bush doesn't even like to play sports that much so it was no big deal to give up golf or even play that much as did his dad or previous presidents. in high school and later on in college at yale, he was a cheerleader and so he is much happier cheering for others and not personally playing sports.

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