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(33,424 posts)OBAMA VISIT: President heads back to golf course for Valentine's Day (UPDATE)
For the third day in a row -- and the third Valentine's Day weekend in a row -- President Barack Obama headed out to play some golf in the Coachella Valley.
His destination Sunday, Feb. 14, was Porcupine Creek, a private 19-hole course on the estate of billionaire businessman Larry Ellison. Obama's golf foursome includes three high school friends he has made a tradition of meeting in Southern California: Greg Orme, Bobby Titcomb and Mike Ramos (not the same Mike Ramos who is district attorney of San Bernardino County).
Obama flew into the Palm Springs airport on Friday and got in some golf at Porcupine Creek that afternon. He is spending a few leisurely days in the desert before hosting a summit with leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Monday and Tuesday at The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands.
The president is staying at a private residence in the gated Thunderbird Heights community in Rancho Mirage. On Sunday, he started his morning with a workout at the Thunderbird Country Club gym, then his motorcade left for the golf course about 9:30 a.m. He spent a full day on the links, returning to Thunderbird about 6 p.m.
http://www.pe.com/articles/obama-794345-president-day.html