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With Barak Obama just two days away from leaving the White House, speculation is mounting on how he will fill in his days away from the presidential limelight.<\/p>\n
First of all there will be family commitments. \u201cI\u2019ve promised Michelle a nice vacation. My girls are getting old enough now where I\u2019m clinging to those very last moments before they are out of the house.\u201d <\/p>\n
After this relaxation time with his wife and daughters in an unnamed location, the family will return to Washington, where they have rented a mansion in the Kalorama neighborhood.<\/p>\n
Then the 55-year-old \u2013 a relatively young former US president \u2013 plans to write a book, champion favourite causes, no doubt accept some lucrative speaking gigs, and develop his presidential library and center in Chicago.<\/p>\n
Then there is golf. According to a report in the Daily Telegraph, Obama played a total of 306 rounds of golf during his eight years in the Oval Office, a considerable number compared with other presidents although still well short of Dwight Eisenhower\u2019s estimated 800 and Woodrow Wilson\u2019s more than 1,000. <\/p>\n
Obama took up the game in 1997 at the suggestion of his wife Michelle, who was concerned about the injuries he kept picking up playing basketball. He started on a public course in Chicago with second-hand clubs. <\/p>\n
He reportedly had a 17-handicap (considered to be generous) when first elected to office, and he revealed in 2016 that his handicap had fallen to \u201can honest 13.\u201d Marvin Nicholson, a member of Obama\u2019s campaign staff and a regular playing partner, told Golf Digest in 2009 that the president \u201cusually shoots in the mid-90s.\u201d <\/p>\n
More recently, the Daily Telegraph reported that playing partners over the years had described him as \u201csomeone who practised hard and approached the game methodically, refusing to let himself get frustrated, and never swearing after a bad shot. He always played the \u2018percentage shot\u2019 and appeared to be a lucky player. He was also extremely competitive and liked playing for money, but only small amounts. Even when he became president he never bent the rules.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Nicholson told Golf Digest, \u201cWhen he\u2019d shoot an 11 on a hole I\u2019d say, \u2018Boss, What did you shoot?\u2019 And he\u2019d say, \u2018I had an 11.\u2019 And that\u2019s what he\u2019d write on his scorecard. I always respected that.\u201d He added that the president had once told him that after he left office he wanted to become a single figure handicapper. <\/p>\n
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