Obama played 333 rounds during his eight years as president, according to Knoller. In other words, Obama played golf once every 8.77 days as president. Trump, conversely, has been at a golf club once every 4.92 days so far.
Although Obama's golf passion has been a popular target of conservative critics during his term, the extent of his passion really comes into focus when comparing his habits to national averages. With that in mind, let's take a closer look:
The numbers suggest something of a flip-flop for Trump: As of May 18, 2018, the score of confirmed golf outings is Trump 56, Obama 37. Who plays more golf: Trump or Obama? - Infogram Our tally of Trump’s time on the green is likely an undercount. Here’s why.
There was no indication if Obama packed his clubs, but Knoller tweeted Obama has "made 6 trips to Palm Springs as pres., and played 16 rounds of golf at five different courses in the area." It's unclear how much golf Trump will play while in office, but he told David Feherty in July what he thought of presidents playing golf while in office:
Obama's last round came on December 31 while on vacation in Hawaii. Knoller tweeted it was Obama's 46th round of his final year in office. Obama averaged about 41 rounds a year, but he never came close to Presidents Woodrow Wilson or Dwight Eisenhower, who were estimated to have played 1,200 and 800 rounds, respectively.
Barack Obama exited the White House Friday, and thus ended his two terms in office.
The Obamas headed to Palm Springs after President Donald Trump's inauguration Friday for some R&R. There was no indication if Obama packed his clubs, but Knoller tweeted Obama has "made 6 trips to Palm Springs as pres., and played 16 rounds of golf at five different courses in the area."
Obama played 333 rounds during his eight years as president, according to Knoller. In other words, Obama played golf once every 8.77 days as president. Trump, conversely, has been at a golf club once every 4.92 days so far.
By contrast, Knoller said, Trump has spent all or part of 248 days at a golf course. CNN's own count has Trump at 266 days spending some time at a Trump golf course. Since Trump and his aides often refuse to confirm that he actually played golf during a visit to a golf club, even when he has been spotted in golf attire, ...
Facts First: Trump has spent much more time playing golf than Obama did through this point of the term -- after repeatedly attacking Obama's golfing and claiming he would not play if he got elected himself. Just Trump's airplane trips to his Mar-a-Lago Club and residence in Florida, from which he has often taken a motorcade ride to a nearby golf course he owns, have required far more air travel than Obama's once-a-year Hawaii vacations did through this point in the term.
In total, according to CBS News reporter and presidential historian Mark Knoller, President Barack Obama played a total of 333 rounds of golf while President. That means Obama played golf for 1,665 hours of his presidency, which was, officially, 55,008 hours.
Former President Barack Obama was frequently maligned by Republican and conservative critics for how often how chose to play golf while in office. Obama, who chose golf as his outlet from the glass cage that is the presidency, had plenty of weekends and vacations to play golf in the eight years he was Commander-in-Chief.
I think few actually cared at the time, but Trump made the mistake of saying he was better then Obama because Obama played too much golf, but then when he become president, did exactly that more then twice as often.
Many of them. There are ~31 national emergencies in place right now that we're in effect during the Obama Administration, and President Obama signed to renew everyone of them. President Obama payed over 300 rounds of golf in his Administration, so he definitely played golf during many national emergencies that were in place, including 12 he declared himself.
We have had several insomniac presidents: Lincoln and JFK come to mind immediately. Both were in the Oval Office at 6 AM and out at 11 or midnight. That's HARD WORKING! Consider the circumstances: Civil War and a Cold War. Trump does not appreciate just HOW EASY his job was: relatively small global conflict and a growing economy.
If you are wondering if it paints the former president in a better light, it does not. You have the link - it’s not a friendly site to him, judging by the comments in the liners.
The President hasn't played golf in roughly 2.5 months, what would you have him do on a Saturday afternoon after the lockdown has been eased in many places. I'm sure the USSS weighed in on the safety concerns they might have had, so apparently he is safe from their standpoint.
That's a particularly funny tweet. Trump exercising in of itself is comical at best.
So, while Obama did play more golf, Trump has played an average of twice as many games a month, while in office, then Obama did while in office. But, the kicker here is Obama never said he would be too busy to play golf, where Trump made it a campaign platform, that he would be too busy running the government to play.
Friday marked Trump's 729th day in office. January 20 marks two years since his inauguration. Over two years in office, that equates to a neat 35 confirmed rounds per year in office. According to CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller, Obama played a total of 333 rounds of golf in his eight-year presidency. That averages out to about 41 rounds per year.
President Donald Trump plays a round of golf at Trump Turnberry during his first official visit to the United Kingdom on July 15, 2018, in Turnberry, Scotland. Leon Neal/Getty Images.
With the shutdown trudging on, it would be a bad look for Trump to hit the links and, Kimmel noted, the president hadn't played golf since late November—making it the longest golf-less streak in his presidential tenure. He appealed directly to the president.
For years, President Donald Trump criticized his predecessor Barack Obama for playing golf while on the job.
According to both groups’ count, Trump has visited his four golf courses more than 100 times since he took office.
For example, on May 12, Trump was spotted golfing at Trump National Golf Club in Potomac Falls, Va., by another person also playing golf.
We decided to track Trump’s golf course visits because he so routinely criticized his predecessor for the practice.
But since taking office, Trump has been a regular visitor at his own golf clubs in Florida and Virginia. In his first year as president, Trump outpaced Obama in the amount of time he spent on the green, our Trump Golf Tracker shows.
Asked how golf enabled success in 2017, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders pointed to his relationships with senators that "helped pushed forward the president’s agenda, specifically when it comes to helping get the tax reform and tax cuts passed.".
The White House has on several occasions declined to confirm he played golf while spending the day at his golf club. So in some cases, we have to rely on reporters’ observations and those of private citizens who spotted Trump on the course and posted pictures on social media.
However, Obama played an estimated 333 rounds of golf while President for eight years. Obviously Trump hasn't been in office long enough to rack up a historically high number of rounds of golf as President, but where does Obama rank among his fellow U.S. Presidents in terms of which one has played the most golf?
That beats second-place President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who had a tree named for him at Augusta National Golf Club where he was a member and went 29 times as Commander-in-Chief, who played more than 800 rounds of golf in office from 1953-61.
Bill Clinton played an estimated 400 rounds of golf in the White House. Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, stopped played golf once the second Iraq war started, totaling a total of 24 rounds of golf. Most of the U.S. Presidents dating back to William Howard Taft have played golf in some capacity, for some reason.
Lyndon Johnson played golf because he realized it was a great way to court political conversation and favors. Tags Barack Obama Donald Trump US Presidents who play golf which President has played the most golf.