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P042409PS-0122 by The White House.
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden practice their putting on the White House putting green April 24, 2009. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza 

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°Florian  Pro User  says:

Pretty day!
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The Visions of Kai | New York City says:

Cool shot!
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indiana.eagles.9  Pro User  says:

Great photo ,
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UrbanYoungJao a.k.a. FEDEXMAN1  Pro User  says:

That's my man, take a break and back to business.
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Ms. Aarika  Pro User  says:

Love this one. Great capture on what looks like an amazing day.

Yes, Obama/Biden administration!
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real plastic trees  Pro User  says:

a putting green?!? that water-sucking space needs a Victory Garden!
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hobbes2112  Pro User  says:

Dang it...I think I might finally like him...
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Andrew Kumler  Pro User  says:

Nice, he putts left hand low. So do I ...=D
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diana-flickr says:

having fun ,,,, nice day nice shot
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*Mandana (on and off)  Pro User  says:

Awesome shot. I just saw these on the White House web site.
You have the best job.
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blmurch  Pro User  says:

that's a great shot!

@real plastic trees - it's my understanding the south garden has been turned into an organic vegetable garden which will grow food for the white house and also some locals.
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wdunleavy  Pro User  says:

i have the same club
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tp  Pro User  says:

Pete you have a great job.
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CRUSIN CONRAD  Pro User  says:

Make sure Joe fixes any divots!!!
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jsmithphoto20d  Pro User  says:

dammit, he's a lefty. wish he would have mentioned that earlier.
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Our Hero  Pro User  says:

Incredible.
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Avant-Gardenist  Pro User  says:

Would you please plant this in the Avant-Garden?
(and anything else that might root well there)
.
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mathamgri-pulling doubles  Pro User  says:

Very nice! But I love these guys!
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Angelika S.  Pro User  says:

It's a wonderful day.
Perfect mis-en-scène and conjunction of colors, an image that transmits good feelings.
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ajdury  Pro User  says:

I consider my country the "Make hay while the sun shines" example, but this shot just doesn't depict that belief.

I have, and would love to continue, believing in the Obama change we can all believe in, but between this shot and his Jay Leno appearance, I don't see my President understanding the conditions me and mine deal with here in America every day.

Not a sermon. Just a thought.
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ronsho © says:

wow, superb catch of the moment snap.

You sure have a wonderful weather.... :-)

Let's see more like this.

This is one of a kind shot, simply brilliant.

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
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teamkitty  Pro User  says:

In the hole!!!
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kookaracha  Pro User  says:

ёпт кто его из вольера выпустил
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Bruno Torturra  Pro User  says:

Going green
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kirajia says:

姿势不错^_^
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Bjorn van Sinttruije says:

I saw president Obama in a golf magazine once. Good to know we share that interest.
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Martin Kliehm  Pro User  says:

I hope golf doesn't turn into a #1 priority as it did with his predecessor...
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Fu3r says:

what a....

great shot !! :D
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Sherlon  Pro User  says:

Get back to work Barack.
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seiz  Pro User  says:

@Martin Look at i that way: If Golf would be #1 priority for a president, then, at least, he has no time to start a war. Not necessarily the worst thing on earth, is it?

@_mokai_ For a Leftie, putting left hand down is the normal thing to do, same as right hand down for a right handed player.
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Wyatt McMartin  Pro User  says:

great exposure, awesome colors!
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optimiced says:

Nice shot, nice President of the USA! :-)

And it's CC-BY! Looks like the World is changing... I think I like that!
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PeterEdin (Tag Man)  Pro User  says:

Its easier on the DS Lite :-)
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blog.immmooo.com  Pro User  says:

two great men, who impact the country and the world.
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tsevis  Pro User  says:

Nice shot!
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neilta  Pro User  says:

It is pretty safe to say Pete has one of the coolest jobs in the world. Well done -- keep up the good work.
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westmoring says:

天气真好~~~~~
阳光明媚=v=
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iuki maximus  Pro User  says:

Great one! Congrats!
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p_nyno says:

Nice form
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blogagog says:

At least when he's out playing golf, he's not finding more ways to socialize America!
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behere_now  Pro User  says:

Is there anything the White House doesn't have?!
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stingray9813 says:

These pictures are fantastic!

Thank you, President Obama for bringing dignity and grace back to the American people. Keep up the good work!
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Ray Medina says:

Get back to work and stop playing...
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sonofdy says:

Your next 3 generations worth of tax dollars at work.

Impeach obama the fraud.
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SaveAmerica says:

While millions are laid off, retirement funds are destroyed, ACRON runs wild, borders are wide open, housing values decline - THESE GUYS PLAY GOLF?????
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jaiaengaia says:

Sois unos comepollas y Obama os parece suficiente, pues morireis ahogados en vuestro sueño americano, la pena que no morireís solos...
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pongky ©  Pro User  says:

This really is a nice shot with the #1 and #2 honchos placed perfectly in the frame. Looks like Obama is going for a long putt!
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gregpaulhus says:

To all those people saying 'Get back to work!', you obviously aren't aware that humans actually work more effectively if they take short breaks throughout the day. You'll get more done in a day by taking a few short breaks than trying to work straight through. The brain is also more able to think creatively when you take short breaks like this throughout your work day.
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gregpaulhus says:

And, Obama needs to keep his head down, you'll pull your putts if you look up too quickly.
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sonofdy says:

@Gregpaulhus,

So you never attacked Bush for playing golf? How many generations of YOUR family will pay for obamas spending spree.
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ComputerHotline  Pro User  says:

Thanks for licensing this image as CC "by" !
Your photo is uploaded here :
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Official_ White_House_...
under the terms of the Creative Commons "by" license.

--
Seen on your photo stream. (?)
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stingray9813 says:

@ sonofdy,

I would suggest that instead of you posting childish comments on Flickr...you go have a meeting with the rest of the lunatic fringe group that is now the Republican party to actually come up with some ideas that aren't scaring people into switching parties.

You lost the election...get over it already. The people have spoken.
You have an opportunity to put an Archie Bunker or Barney Fife back into the White House in 2012. Good luck with that. ;)
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drivingjack says:

Can't wait to see the photo op they mad over NYC! Hey BHO, did you pay your carbon footprint yet? Nice job scaring your voters like that.
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sonofdy says:

@Stingray.


No. I will continue to expose your fraud of a president. BTW the new budget removes obamas 13 dollar a week tax cut.
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stingray9813 says:

@sonofdy,

ah okay, good luck with that. He has high approval ratings and you have? ...no ideas, no plans and a party that is on the verge of no longer being a national party. (21% is very sad)

btw, I will happily give up the 13 dollar a week tax cut...as long as I know an intelligent, competent President is at the helm. ;)
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Extra Medium  Pro User  says:

Left handed?
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sonofdy says:

let me know when you find one because so far this one has done nothing but mess up. Funny how you assume I am a republican.

Oh and the rest of your taxes are going up as well. The bush tax cuts expire soon and have NOT been renewed. That means everyones taxes go up. And where do you think obama the idiot will get 1.3 trillion this year alone to fund his deficts???

SUCKER!!!
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Sniper One says:

"btw, I will happily give up the 13 dollar a week tax cut...as long as I know an intelligent, competent President is at the helm."

When one gets elected let us know... this guy is a cluster firetruck, and Biden is worse... We'd be better off under a Circus Monkey.
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darcyh says:

Excuse me, Mr. Souza, can I have your job?
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easyrider76330  Pro User  says:

Very nice!
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stingray9813 says:

@sonofdy,

I'm not rich, so the Bush tax cuts didn't make my life sweet. If my taxes go up a little...I'll suck it up and know that its because a certain administration made a big fat mess that can't be cleaned up for free.

I assume you're a conservative republican because:

1-You using their talking points. No intelligent debate or thoughts...just attack anything and everything.

2-You came from a site called michellemalkin.com(theme is: bash Obama & bash Mexicans) and everyone knows what kind of a site that is. The blogger herself linked this Flickr and encouraged people to say nasty things about the President.

I can't be a sucker if I willingly chose change.
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sonofdy says:

@stingray,
1/ What you mean the way that Bush was attacked in the last 8 years? You mean that was a bad thing?
2/ If you actualy bothered to READ Michelle Malkin you would see she is just as hard on the GOP as the DNC. You can read right? Or did you just get YOUR talking points from moveon.org/huffpo/dailykos???

You want a plan? How about NOT spending America into bankruptcy in the next 10 years. Oh and dispite what your leftist masters told you, the bush tax cuts effected EVERYONE.

So obama will be rasing taxes on everyone. Look it up.

So you choose change, change to WHAT???

This president is a facist by the dictionary term. He is nationalising industry left and right.
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kw~ny  Pro User  says:

Cool!
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thekth says:

Ahh, if only the spent more time golfing and less time destroying the country. Wishful thinking.
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Bright Lights Big City says:

Caeser fiddles while Rome burns. Funny how Obama was preaching doing homework this a.m., and yet he clearly has not.

@stingray, you confuse your own side with the opposition. You also are using ad hominem attacks, which means you have no arguments, only hatred.

> 2-You came from a site called michellemalkin.com(theme is: bash
> Obama & bash Mexicans) and everyone knows what kind of a site
> that is.

this is how the Nazi's responded to their opponants, also. Guilt by association with people/groups/orgs the Nazi's claimed were evil (using made up "wrongs," that were always lies.)

Democrats voted for the "Bush Tax cuts," and they affected EVERYONE, not just the "rich." The last time we raised taxes "on the rich," it wiped out the Yacht building industry, and several towns. Put your hate away, and stop the class warfare.

How ironic that you trumpet your "ability" to change (you claim this makes you "sucker free"), and yet you are now stuck with your "change" that is failing, and now you won't change. So what does that make you? Mindless, or a sucker?
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Konstantine Yudayev  Pro User  says:

Where is EXIF, Pete?
Thank you for every day photos.
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stingray9813 says:

@sonofdy,

You do realize that you're in the minority right? The last time I checked...there was an election and the people chose. I knew what I was getting when I voted and I have no complaints so far.

Go back to your blog and photoshop racist images of the President and his wife...and stop being childish on here. I'm ashamed I got caught up in responding to your nasty comments here.
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sonofdy says:

You do realize that you're in the minority right? : For now.
The last time I checked...there was an election and the people chose. : Badly. Based on lies and media spin.

racist images: Here it is, anyone who opposed the dear leader lord obama is racist. YOU are the only one mentioning race here you racist.
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osborn4 says:

Why would you putt in a tie? At least this photo op didn't cost the taxpayers as much as the 747 over NYC.
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Αϳαγ  Pro User  says:

To all the idiots saying "get back to work" : what are you doing here on Flickr? Shouldn't you be at work too?
Laid off? Then pound the streets looking for work.

I'm amazed at how much hate is present in these right-wingers.
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Jeffery Schreiner says:

what a playa!
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Αϳαγ  Pro User  says:

@Sniper One: ... "We'd be better off under a Circus Monkey. "...

Sorry, we tried that for 8 years. Didn't work. That monkey flung poo everywhere and destroyed the country.

It'll take Obama and an army of people in hazmat suits to undo that carnage.
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Jeffery Schreiner says:

flackr: yes, and comparatively speaking to other presidents in recent history; he is far more active...
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Confraria Digital says:

Bonito dia! Parece que a Casa Branca tem uma bela área verde também. [Nice day! It seems the White House has a nice yard too].
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Ad rem1 says:

Wow...he finally found something he doesn't need a "prompter" to do!
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cara s says:

haaaha the comments are great.
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dmanatdamascus says:

Ah, piddling while Rome burns!
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striatic  Pro User  says:

it's interesting that the obama whitehouse would release an image like this.

the politics of presidential golf have always been interesting.

woodrow wilson gave up golf for a short period during world war I, for public relations reasons, but took it back up based on doctor's advice. there wasn't any political fall-out to speak of.

people liked to poke fun at dwight eisenhower for the amount of time he spent playing, although he presided over a fairly prosperous economy and the korean war ended earlier in his presidency so this was more teasing than condemnation.

bill clinton was and is also an avid golfer, and like eisenhower presided over a relatively peaceful, prosperous time. more teasing than condemnation.

the second president bush was also an avid golfer, but largely stopped playing golf in the wake of the iraq war because it might look bad. bush said "playing golf during a war sends the wrong signal". of course this was after his infamous "now watch this drive" moment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3p9y_OEAdc

maybe obama is trying to signal a more relaxed posture or maybe he just hasn't had a ridiculous "now watch this drive" moment to recoil from, but it is interesting how symbolic golf is, politically speaking. i mean that i'm sure george w bush's mountain biking consumed as much time as obama's golf will, and at least while playing golf you can discuss things with the people you're playing with and maybe get a little bit of policy discussion in as well. that said, golf represents a particular lifestyle and detachment from nature, as well as representing a kind of leisure that mountain biking does not.

when you think about it for two seconds, there's very little difference between a president playing golf and a president wheeling around on an over-priced mountain bike.

when you only think about it for one second though, golf "feels" way worse, which is why i'm surprised obama is being so public about it.

much of this comment takes information from the following radio interview about golf and the presidency: www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId =90534281
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BrianCSmith  Pro User  says:

My greens fees... err... tax dollars at work. Nice. Get back to work.
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dutchtl  Pro User  says:

Awesome shot!!!!! :-D
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jayguy10000 says:

2012 baby. 2012.
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MadeByGirl says:

poor guys they even have to golf in their suits, because they are so busy..don't have time to change hehe
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its_bacon12 says:

Biden: "Barry, I thought the teleprompter said this was a par 4."

BHO: "Even the teleprompter can be bought, big Joe. 2 words - Stimulus money."
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its_bacon12 says:

Props to vinny for this one:

“The dynamic duo search for a hole comes up empty; they blame Bush.”
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sonofdy says:

@flаckr:

Really, you are talking about right wing hate after all the hate thrown at bush.

YOU SIR ARE A FLAMING HYPOCRITE.
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tmc67c says:

@stingray, Assuming you have a job (I know I'm going out on a limb here), you most likely benefited from Bush's tax cuts... even if you're not rich.

Why is obama hiding his birth certificate?
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bethany leigh says:

lol@striatic- I was waiting for someone to bring up the "now watch this drive" moment.
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Mr Multicolour says:

hahaha..
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MikeWren  Pro User  says:

Like the photographs, isn't the camera EXIF data also in the public domain?
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MarkTheCapp  Pro User  says:

"I'll bet you a hundred bucks you slice it into the woods."

"Gambling is illegal at Bushwood, sir, and I never slice!"
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stingray9813 says:

It is such a honor to have Glen Beck comment here. Good luck with your show tonight!
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Sheila in Millstone  Pro User  says:

these photos are for the many admirers of Obama to enjoy but they also bring the wingnuts out of the woodwork
l appreciate your openness posting them

were these gripers complaining about all that ridiculous brush cutting, long vacations, inaction, bad actions, lies and incoherent speech the country endured under Bush ?
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khyungyokpo says:

Hey, that is some prime space for a vegetable garden!
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ignaciopilotto says:

Que clara que la tiene OBAMA!!!
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adriennewojo says:

Now I know what they do on those nice day! ;-) no cabinet meetings...
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kingofthebigmacs  Pro User  says:

I'm a lefty too!!
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jlallred2000  Pro User  says:

This picture screams "Socialist Oligarch"

I don't fault the guy for having hobbies, but when your country is going through what it is now, largely as a result of government intrusion into business, i would liek to the the commander and chief working on something besides his handicap.
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Mark Jaquith  Pro User  says:

Hey look, he's a lefty! Also, he plays golf left-handed.

::groan::
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CONNIEAZ35 says:

I wish like hell that I had the time and money to play golf. This idiot needs to get back to work like the rest of us. Dosen't he have a country to run or something. Oh wait, sorry, that Axelrods' job. Nevermind
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borgenproject says:

Very cool!
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