Obama has many options to tee it up – by Len Shapiro for ESPN

I met Len Shapiro two years ago at Tiger’s AT&T National at the Congressional Country Club.  Len for years was one of the sports reporters for the Washington Post and now writes occasionally for ESPN.

This recent article combines two of my passions – golf and the White House – into one fantastic article.  Ever wonder where the President of the United States plays golf?  Len fills you in….

Obama has many options to tee it up

What would you shoot at Bethpage?

Every fancy playing the US Open course under the same conditions as the pros?  Here is your chance.  Golf Digest and NBC are giving one lucky golfer the chance to play the 2009 US Open at Bethpage Black.  All you need to do is to email them your reason why – in six words.  Good luck!

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Gamesmanship and Golf…

A very interesting Wall Street Journal story by JOHN PAUL NEWPORT on the power of gamesmanship in golf. I’ve done it before, have you?