Here's my serious take. (1) It's nice to have a president, Dem or Gop, play golf. It publicizes the sport. Let's not politicize it. (2) How many of you have played the course? I played it last summer. It's a restored Ross course, and not particularly easy. More important, it's not properly teed for a player of Obama's ability (which is about like mine). That surprised me because it is a "resort course." If any of you have different thoughts about the GPI course, and their teeing grounds and how they set the tees, please share. (3) Was the President's cart restricted to paths? [My answer: probably not (he's the President), but still, it's a question.] (4) If you were president, a Dem or a Gop, would you like to "get a break" on the length of time it takes you to play while on vacation? (5) Someone else already asked this: How do we really know how long the actual playing took?