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Dark n Stormy Knight

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16. Oh my, you made me wonder. And I found this:
Wed Jan 18, 2017, 02:05 AM
Jan 2017
Donald Trump pledges to turn White House lawn into golf course"

"Typical," I grumbled, and read on.

He went on to claim that his presidency would create untold jobs in the vital landscape gardening, caddying and hair-care product industries.

Trump outlined a wide range of policy areas, including turning the Yellowstone national park into a golf course, converting the President’s summer home at Martha’s Vineyard into a prestigious golfing retreat, and taking the war to Isis in Syria to free up lots of land for golf courses.

Of course, I then realized it was satire.

Then I saw this:
Robert Trent Jones Jr. on the history of the White House putting green

Turns out, there's a putting green on the White House lawn.

I've always been around the political scene - I'm friends with President Clinton, and my father played golf with Eisenhower. Ike had a putting green put in at the White House in the 1950s, but it was removed in the 1970s. In 1995, I was at the White House on a diplomatic matter, and I hear, "The President wants to see you." Mr. Clinton wanted a new putting green. We discussed where to put it. "This location?" "No, that's where the helicopter lands." We found a spot about 30 paces from the Oval Office, under the shade of the Hoover Oak, which President Hoover installed.

It's not a large green - about 2,000 square feet, slightly crowned. It's just a short walk, so Clinton would putt to clear his mind between negotiations, during the Bosnian crisis, or after the Oklahoma City bombing. Oklahoma City consumed him. I've putted with him on the green. He'd just chit-chat, or talk about world events.



Well, you learn something new every day.

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