Golf For Me, But Not For Thee II: White Guilt Edition

clipped from www.timesonline.co.uk David Axelrod, the president’s political adviser, refused to divulge any details, describing Obama’s score as a matter of “national security”. But Gene Mulak, resident pro at the Vineyard Club in Martha’s Vineyard, told The Wall Street Journal that during the summer he had helped teach the president how to extricate himself from the golfing equivalent of Afghanistan — bunkers. “He would have had trouble getting out of the sand in any country,” said Mulak. Golfers writing on the website Golf.com complain of being stuck behind the president’s entourage making painfully slow progress. “He plays golf like the way he runs the Oval Office,” came one comment. “Golf is considered elitist and most presidents don’t want to be considered that,” said Tom Ferraro, a sports psychologist. “Obama taking up golf is an interesting paradox. Basketball is considered an inner-city, more black, sport and golf an upper-class white sport. “I guess Obama is a bit of both.”