OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, after years of slamming former President Barack Obama for golfing, comes to the end of a year in office having spent close to 100 days at a golf club that bears his name.
The President’s favorite haunts are International Golf Club in Palm Beach County, Florida, Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, and Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey — spending 95 days in his first year as President at one of his signature golf clubs. In total, Trump has also spent 120 days while in office — nearly one-third of the time — at a property he owns, including Trump Tower in New York and his hotel blocks from the White House.
All presidents take vacations and almost all over the last century golfed during their time in office. What makes Trump unique, however, is the fact that as a private citizen he regularly slammed Obama for hitting the links while president…
Though it isn’t clear how many rounds Trump has played — his staff rarely confirms whether the commander in chief is golfing and some have gone to great lengths to obscure the President’s golf game — it is possible Trump could surpass that total in his first term as President.”
-Dan Merica, “Trump hasn’t let the presidency get in the way of his golf game,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, Jan. 18, 2018 06:28am