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President Obama’s “POTUS 44” golf ball found… in the woods

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12 years ago

Jul 30, 2014

Over the weekend, President Barack Obama reportedly sniped his opening tee shot into the woods during a round at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. Apparently the guys from PTI either let the President take a “breakfast ball,” or his caddy/Secret Service didn’t do a good job finding the shot that went astray.

A golfer, known by his Instagram alias “Larrydoh,” went into the woods the next day and recovered the head honcho’s customized Titleist Pro V1 golf ball. Certainly the reports bear some truth, since President Obama is the 44th and current POTUS (President of the United States).

President Obama has reportedly played 81 rounds of golf in his second-term. With all that practice you think he’d have the shanks under control. A video that surfaced in 2009 from a range session in his home state of Hawaii shows he had a lot of work to do.

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As the POTUS, you’d think he’d have better access to the world’s best instructors, no? I guess even the guy with control over the free world can’t control an unruly golf ball.

Fore left Barry, fore left.

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He played on the Hawaii Pacific University Men's Golf team and earned a Masters degree in Communications. He also played college golf at Rutgers University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.

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Joe American

Jul 31, 2014 at 7:29 pm

Obama has decided to “darken” the nation (it’s too white), illegally I might add, by rolling out the red carpet for illegals to cross the border. He really did have a plan to “transform America”. Right out of the Saul Alinsky’s and Cloward/Piven playbook. Thank you white progressives….hope you will be happy when we end up like Europe, whose leaders did the same thing, in order to keep power permanently.

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- John
  
  Aug 1, 2014 at 3:21 am
  
  Is some marshal going to get this idiot’s post off of here anytime soon. I read this site for golf not racist tripe like this.
  
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  - Sean
    
    Aug 1, 2014 at 10:38 pm
    
    +1 John
    
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  - James
    
    Aug 4, 2014 at 4:59 pm
    
    What Joe said is true…to stay on topic….how many golf courses has this President’s policies put out of business or put on the threshold of going under? The golf business needs a vibrant economy to thrive, and this President has given us anything but that…and please do not quote me the manipulated stock market…I am talking about disposable income…that is what the golf market needs to flourish. Rising healthcare…3-4 dollar gas…limited hours if you are lucky enough to have a job…etc…
    
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- Sarah P.
  
  Aug 1, 2014 at 10:03 pm
  
  I agree with Joe’s educated and rational post.
  
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- SBoss
  
  Aug 3, 2014 at 10:00 am
  
  If I found his ball, I’d throw it in the lake…it’d be like finding a ball with a cut in it. Sorry, nothing special about this guy. What he’s brought into the White House has permanently ruined the office and reduced it to nothing special…both here and abroad.
  At least his voters got their stuff.
  
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Sarah P.

Jul 31, 2014 at 12:55 pm

Ok, you betcha that we found his golf ball in the woods, but we still haven’t found any answers on Benghazi!

Where are the answers?!

Great post, Andrew. Nice use of Barry in the last line. Glad you’re taking sides, Real American!

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Tommy

Jul 31, 2014 at 11:15 am

Looks like he’s as incompetent as a golfer as he is as a president. And of course he changes the rules as he sees fit. Disappointed golfwrx gives him or any other politician/entertainer mentions. What about a story on why international competitors are starting to dominate golf when the 2 governing bodies are in the USA and UK.

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BW

Jul 30, 2014 at 5:45 pm

politics aside… if he’s playing that much when is he going to learn how to dress?

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- Mexico joe
  
  Jul 30, 2014 at 7:19 pm
  
  Yeah, who wears a white shirt and khaki shorts?
  
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  - Jim
    
    Jul 31, 2014 at 4:34 pm
    
    He makes the white shirt and khaki short combo look the worst I’ve seen and he’s the president!
    
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Jeremy

Jul 30, 2014 at 5:16 pm

I hope some day I’m important enough that strangers go looking for my “breakfast balls” in the woods the next day.

BTW, Andrew, this is the sort of post in which a lot of blogs will tend to encourage their readers not to get too political. Judging from comments like “Joe’s” this could get real ugly real quickly.

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HD

Jul 30, 2014 at 5:16 pm

Clearly an “amateur”

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Joe American

Jul 30, 2014 at 4:59 pm

Is it any surprise that Barry the “Community Organizer” cant play? At least when he is attempting to play golf, he has taken a break from destroying the country. God knows he has just about finished off the USA. Another 10 trillion should just about do it. He and Eric Holder are busy saving the county from white males. Was Bill Ayers in his foursome, along with Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson? Forget impeachment, this Muslim plant and front man for George Soros open borders society should be arrested immediately for crimes against America.

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- Jeremy
  
  Jul 30, 2014 at 5:14 pm
  
  Well that’s just about every single lunatic fringe talking point all rolled up into one tidy little paragraph. Well done Joseph.
  
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- JR
  
  Jul 30, 2014 at 5:57 pm
  
  you sir are NOT an american
  
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  - Jedidiah
    
    Jul 30, 2014 at 10:04 pm
    
    Shut up JR and come have a tickle fight
    
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