Obama may have played the most rounds of any modern president -just playing his 300th round- but according to Golf Digest, President Kennedy was the best of them all, averaging 80. At 300 rounds, Obama spent almost a full year of his eight year presidency on the golf course. Only President Eisenhower played more - a reported 800 rounds (which sounds like a mistake - would mean almost a third of his days playing golf). For earlier presidents, Woodrow Wilson was said to have played 1,200 rounds.
TOP PRESIDENTIAL GOLFERS
1 John F. Kennedy Despite chronic back pain, averaged 80.
2 Dwight D. Eisenhower Had a green outside the Oval Office.
3 Gerald R. Ford Clumsy, but was a legitimate 80s-shooter.
4 Franklin D. Roosevelt At 39, polio robbed him of a powerful golf swing.
5 George H.W. Bush Once got his handicap down to 11.
6 George W. Bush Outgoing prez is a capable 15-handicapper.
7 Bill Clinton Can break 90, especially using his "Billigans."
8 Barack Obama The lefty plays more hoops than golf.
9 Ronald Reagan Didn't play often or well (best was low 90s).
10 Warren G. Harding Struggled to break 95.
11 William Howard Taft As hapless a golfer as he was a chief executive.
12 Woodrow Wilson Played more than Ike but almost never broke 100.
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Like the polls in linked story, many of the golfing news had Obama with varying numbers of golf games, from 100-400, but most settled around 300
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