magine you have a scrapbook of memories –a collection of pictures and stories about yourfriends. Then imagine that all of thosefriends were presidents of the United States.
The booklet you are holding is like ascrapbook assembled after playing
golf with presidents of the past
century. The pages allow you, fora few minutes, to connect witheach of the 18 men who served
as president since 1909. Look attheir pictures, read about how
and when they played golf andfind the actual words they used
to describe their personal games
and their feelings about it.

Taft was the 27th president. Number
the pictures in the order of theirpresidency. A few have been filled
in for you.

George W.
BushHerbertHoover

Lyndon B.
JohnsonJames E.
CarterBarackObama

Warren G.
Harding

Richard M.
Nixon

Franklin D.
Roosevelt

Dwight D.
Eisenhower

Harry S.
TrumanRonaldReaganJohn F.
Kennedy

William Howard
Taft

Woodrow
WilsonCalvinCoolidge

Bill
ClintonGeraldFord

George H.W.
Bush

In this scrapbook, we will bereading about U.S. presidents
who shared a love of golf.
We’ll learn how this gamebuilds character, both on andoff the course – including
important skills that can lead
all the way to the White House!
As you read, these images
and words will allow you to
discover the character traits
and skills of this group of
powerful men.

But though they were all presidents, they
were all unique human beings. Like all people,
they have had different ways of findingbalance and joy in their lives. And, as a groupthey have had a wide range of views about thegame and approaches to playing it.

Wilson Coolidge
F.D. Roosevelt
Eisenhower Johnson
Ford
ReaganClintonObama
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HooverTrumanKennedy
Nixon Carter
G.H.W. Bush
G.W. BushThe Power Game: Golf
The Lessons of Golf by George W. Bush
The “Bumble-Puppy” Golfer
Learning to Love the Game
Meet the “Duffer-in-Chief”

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Golf Brings Fun and Relief
Friends, Family and Golf
Power Women on the Links
The Mystery Spot/Golf Crossword
The Power Game Exhibit

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believe golf teaches us a lot about life andleadership. In fact, I have often wondered
what the world would be like if everyone had
to abide by the rules and culture of golf.
For one, we would see a healthier world. It is a
medical fact that if we walk as little as 30
minutes a day, heart disease and diabetes are lessprevalent. Walking thirty minutes on a golfcourse is easy to do – even if you use a cart.
President Bush identifies seven benefitsof golf that develop a stronger America.
Find articles in today’s newspaper
illustrating one or more of these benefits.
Be a detective and circle the who, what,
when and where in each article.

Secondly, we would all be more appreciative of
our environment. If you spend time on a golfcourse, you can’t help but be impressed by thebeauty of nature, as well as man’s ability toenhance that beauty.
Thirdly, we would take more
responsibility for our actions. If I
end up in a bunker, I have one
person to blame: me. No one
made me do it; I am the victimof my own decisions and my own
ability. If we all lived by thismindset off the golf course, theworld would usher in a new eraof personal responsibility. In
life, there are rarely “mulligans.”
The key is to live with the shot
you make, and learn from it –rather than seeking to assign
blame elsewhere.

President George W. Bush (left) andhis father, President George H.W.
Bush, both share a love for the gameof golf and play together often.
What do you think the numberson their hats mean?

On a related point, we would recognize thatsometimes you have to play from the rough.
Golf is hard; sometimes life is too. It seems that
too often, we have the illusion that we are owed acomfortable life. That’s not the way it works;

The president of the United States is always
in the spotlight. Everything the president
says and does is reported in newspapers,
magazines, television, radio and online. With
that in mind, discuss these three questions.

Which character
traits are mostimportant for a
person who wants
to be president?

no one is owed anything. Golf can show us theway forward. I one time played a round with
Justin Leonard, and I asked him what his secret is
to a strong short game. He said he practices forhours. In life, as in golf, if you want to get ahead,
you need to work hard.
Next, golf teaches us something about taking
risks. An axiom in golf is that trees are 90 percent
air. A golfer sometimes will try to hit a tricky shot
through a tree, dreaming about the upside ofsuccess. But he must also remember that he may
hit the tree and wind up worse than when hestarted. In life, it’s important to take risks – butalways to do so with a sober understanding of theupsides as well as the downsides.
The culture of golf also teaches us a lot about
integrity. I remember watching a golf tournament
one time and being amazed when one of theplayers penalized himself for a rules violation. If
the world were governed by the rules and cultureof golf, we would all live by a high standard andbe willing to hold ourselves to that standard –even when no one is looking.
Finally, in a world lived according to the cultureof golf, there would be a lot more sportsmanship.
People would be more willing to congratulate
their peers when they succeed.
While it may be a lot to ask for the entire world
to ascribe to the rules and culture of golf, there isnothing stopping each of us from taking theselessons to heart. Without a doubt, we’d have to
be more patient, more disciplined, and morehonest. Why not start today?

Should thepresident be treatedin a special way or
be treated likeeveryone else?

What do you think
the president would
say is the mostdifficult part of
the job?

The Power Game William Howard Taft was the first president toplay the game of golf. While in office heplayed twice a week.
Political cartoons of the day mocked his golf
game. At a time when golf was not played bymany people in the United States, Taft was
one of its most ardent supporters and wasintensely passionate about the game. Even
President Theodore Roosevelt, who recommended that Taft succeed him for theRepublican nomination and the presidency,
was bothered by Taft’s love of golf.

* avoirdupois means weight

In golf, the lower the score the better.
Which of the golfers below shot
the best round of golf?

Despite public feelings and the advice of
Roosevelt, Taft played golf throughout his
presidency and later as Chief Justice of the
U.S. Supreme Court.
Taft struggled with his weight andgolf was a way for him to keep
fit and ready for thepressures of
his office. For
him, the gamewas too important to quit.
Taft decided tomake an effort towin people’s votes
by getting their
sympathy for his
weight problem.
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Association for the
Advancement ofColored People(NAACP) founded

Robert Peary andMatthew Henson
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 The Power GameHe said,“…you have to give himsome opportunity to makehis legs and muscles move,and golf offers that
opportunity.”

Americans had fun laughingat all the cartoons of a big
man chasing a small ball.

Americans accepted
Taft’s reasons for playing
golf and voted him into
the White House in1908. Some think Taft’s
easy victory may bepartially attributed to
the fact that manyBoy
Scoutsof America
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Incan city of
Machu Picchu
discovered by
Hiram Bingham

Halley’s Comet
Physicist Ernest
photographed for Rutherford discovers
the first time
structure of an atom

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founded

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Not only was Taft the first president to bea golf fanatic, he was one of the firstgolf enthusiasts in the entire country.
When Taft entered the White House
at age 51, people had just begun
playing golf in the United States
and Taft was one of the first.
Taft stirred up
controversy when
he chose to play around of golf while
Congress debatedan important bill.
Some said it cost
him a second
term in office.

Despite criticism that he should
spend less time on golf and more on
government, Taft would escape toplay golf at least twice a week, even
if it meant shuffling appointments
around his golf schedule. He playedgolf daily on his vacations, even if it
was raining.
Taft was a great ambassador for thegame of golf. The attention hebrought to the game created thecountry’s first golf boom. The
number of golfers in the country
doubled during his presidency.
Taft believed that all Americans
should have access to courses sothey could play golf. In an era when private
clubs were the norm, he believed that every
community should have its own public course.

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the opportunity arises, as vyeer
man knows who has deylap
the ameg, it rejuvenates andstretches the span of efli.”

President Taft didn’t let being president
stop him from finding time to play thegame he loved. Even his weight andthose who criticized his game couldn’t
keep him away from golf.
Use today’s newspaper to find a story
about people committed to a cause.
What sentences describe theirdetermination to make a difference?
Becoming the leader of a nation takes years ofhard work, education and experience in public
office. Determination kept the presidents on theroad to the White House.

What goals do you
have for yourself?
What must you do toreach these goals?

What steps can you
take right now tostart moving
towards one of yourlong-term goals?

Write down yourgoals for tomorrow,then for next week
and then for themonth ahead.

The Power Game President Woodrow Wilson played golf nearly everyday. Even bad weather didn’t stop him. He playedon a snow-covered course with golf balls painted
red by Secret Service agents.

President Harding was often seen
with his Airedale dog. Use the clues
to fill in the missing letters and thename of his beloved pet will appear
vertically in the yellow boxes.

Wilson’s doctor prescribed the game to help him
cope with his high-stress job. Wilson didn’t want
to play golf with politicians, as he went to the golfcourse to get away from the pressures of his job.
In 1917, the German government announced that
it would sink American ships entering British
waters. President Wilson had a tough choice: hecould accept Germany telling America where andwhen she could sail her ships or he could declare
war on Germany.
A worried Wilson hardly slept for two weeks,
struggling with this decision. His wife decided
what he needed was a game of golf. On April 2,
the First Couple got up before dawn and went out for a roundof golf. That night, Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war against Germany.
Four days later, America joined World War I.
He was one of the best-dressed golfers,
but President Harding didn’t play golf
well. However, he never let a poor shot
dampen his enthusiasm and good spirits.
Harding had a great respect for thegame’s rules. He demanded that his
playing partners treat him no morefavorably than they treated anyone else.
Henry Ford develops themodern assembly line

World War I
begins in Europe

The 19th
Amendment passes,
granting women theright to vote

World War I
ends

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President Harding’s affection for thegame was on full display during the 1921
U.S. Open when he presented the trophy
to the champion, Jim Barnes, saying, “I’dgive anything to be in your shoes today.”
Harding died of a heart attack midway
through his presidency, at which point
Calvin Coolidge became president.

The Jazz Singer, thefirst “talkie” (motion
picture with sound)is released

CLUES

1. Mix or combine
2. Grows on oak trees
3. Milk products
4. Opposite of child
5. Where water flows
to a lake or the sea

6. Bird of prey
7. What you use tostop a bike or car
8. Motion picture
9. A very elegant
boat

Clarence Birdseye President Franklin D. Japan attacks
introduces frozen Roosevelt makes the American fleet Roosevelt dies,vegetables tofirst televised
at Pearl Harbor, Harry S. Truman
consumerspresidential address pulling U.S. into becomes 33rd
president
World War II

The stock market plummetsin two days, triggering theGreat Depression

The Dust Bowl
begins in the The Golden Gate
Great Plains Bridge opens in
San Francisco

President Roosevelt
wins re-election to arecord fourth termFranklin Roosevelt
loved playing golfin his younger years
but he was forced togive up the gameafter contracting
polio at the ageof 39.

While President Coolidge is regarded bymany as the worst presidential golfer,
he tried. Because
other politiciansand Washington D.C.,
friends asked him
to play, he would
do his best to givethem a good gameof golf. He thought
golf was a “finemethod ofrelaxation for men
in a business life.”
But, because of hishigh scores andcasual attitude toward the game,
people stopped asking him to play.
After his presidency, one of the only
items that he left at the White House
was his set of golf clubs.

Herbert Hoover was the 31st president of
the United States and the first since
Theodore Roosevelt who did not playgolf, one of only three presidents in thepast 100 years who didn’t play the game.

From Woodrow Wilson to Harry
Truman, no two presidents were quite
the same. Different personalities,
values, interests and political outlooks
defined each as individuals. Lookthrough today’s newspaper for a story
about one very unique individual.
What makes this person so unusual?
If the headline captures the main idea,
circle details within the article that
explain or expand the headline.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) started playing
golf as a young man and had a natural talent for thegame. When he was in his 20s, few golfers of the
day could hit the ball straighter or further.
At the age of 17, Franklin
Roosevelt was invited tobe the secretary/treasurerof the Campobello Island
Golf Course, his first
official leadership office.
In 1921, at the age of39, he was struck with
polio and could nolonger play.
President Roosevelt
signed the declarationof war against Japanon Dec. 8, 1941.
On his desk, withinarm’s reach, sat agolf ball lighter.
Although he neverplayed golf while
president, FDR
never lost his
affection for the game.

Truman thought golf could ruin his
political career, believing that votersviewed it as a rich man’s game. He
became furious when a newspaper
published an article accusing him ofhitting a spectator with a wild shot. “For
your information,” Truman wrote to thepaper, “I have never played golf in mylife, never had a golf club in my hands,
except to look at it, so I couldn’t
possibly have fired a ball on the golfcourse and hit anybody on the head.”

Wilson played in the snow with golf balls
painted red. Coolidge wasn’t concerned with hishigh scores. Hoover didn’t care that not playing
golf might ruin his image. Roosevelt held aleadership position at his golf club by age 17.

What can you learn
from the examples
about individuality
from thesepresidents?

As part of his effort toemploy people during
the Great Depression,
FDR created a public
works project that built
368 municipal golfcourses across theUnited States thatpeople enjoy tothis day.
Think about
someone you
admire. What traits
make them aunique individual?

In what ways do you
express yourself? Howdo friends and family
members express theirindividuality?

The Power Game Golf for President Eisenhower, affectionately known
as Ike, was more than a sport or a pastime. It wason a golf course that he thought through some of themost important decisions of his career. During his
eight years in office, it is estimated that he playednearly 800 rounds of golf.

Find the following words related
to the 1950s in the word search.

Playing golf helped Eisenhower to build importantfriendships. He frequently invited men from bothsides of the aisle in Congress, especially those he
was trying to influence, for a friendly round.
Though he didn’t talk business on the course, hefelt that a game of golf with the leader of anothercountry was worth many hours at a conferencetable. He played golf with other politicians sothey could get to know each other better, which
made doing the business of leadership easier.
Anyone in world politics who wanted to negotiatewith Ike was smart to buy a set of clubs.

Political cartoons poked fun at theamount of golf Ike played.

Edmund Hillary
and Tenzing
Norgay become Supreme Court
the first people to ends school
climb Mt. Everest segregation

First open Sports Illustrated
heart surgery magazine debuts
performed

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Disneylandpark opens in
Anaheim,
California

Elvis Presley
and rock ‘nroll sweep thenationRosa Parks
refuses to moveto back of bus

Soviet Union
launches
Sputnik satellite,
first in space

Gallonof gascosts
25¢

Alaska andAmericanEisenhower
Hawaii become U-2 spy plane
warns “guard
49th and 50th
shot down
against the
U.S. statesover Russia military industrial
complex”

West Side Story
debuts on
Broadway

Wham-O™
introduces the
Hula Hoop

Fidel Castro
seizes powerin CubaFirst
laser beam
producedYou could
always tell how
well Ike wasplaying by
theexpression
on his face.

Just before his second term, Ike
suffered a heart attack. Ike’s golf game
became a critical asset during his
re-election in 1956. It helped prove tovoters that he was healthy.

Use the code to learn more about the 34th
president of the United States.

Though he was neither the first nor
the last president to play golf, his
good-natured obsession with the gameand his outgoing personality drew fansto the sport.

Q: What does the D in Dwight
D. Eisenhower stand for?

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Q: As a boy, what did Ike sell tohelp support his family?

Q: Where did Ike go to college?

President Eisenhower used a friendly
game of golf to build trust withleaders of other countries. This
meant other leaders believed what hesaid to be true. Look through today’s
newspaper for advertisements.
Identify words describing items forsale. Do the ads use words orphrases that might mislead theconsumer? How might you rewrite
the ad to be more truthful?
President Dwight D. Eisenhower used the gameof golf to build trust with leaders from othernations. He also used it as a way to reachcompromise and solutions with fellow
politicians in Congress.

Eisenhower was the third of sevensons. Growing up, his family had
little money. Once, in elementary
school, he had to wear his mother’s
shoes because the family could notafford to buy him a new pair when
his wore out.
Ike loved sports. He played baseballand football in high school. That
Can playing
a game help
or hurtfriendships?

changed in 1912 after he twisted hisleft knee in a football game. The
injury prevented him from playing
competitively again, but sports
remained important to him. He
coached teams, took up tennis andeventually started to play golf. His
wife encouraged him to keep playing
golf, seeing how it relieved his stress.
Ike found it a welcome rest from his
duties, and golf clubs soon became
his constant companions.

What things should
you do whenplaying against
your friends tobuild trust?

What can you learn
about other people
by observing their
behavior during andafter a game?

The Power Game Although President Kennedy loved the sport of golf,
he tried to keep that passion private. His predecessor,
President Eisenhower, had been criticizedfor spending too much time playing golf.
Kennedy wanted to be the champion of
the people, and he worried that people
saw golf as a rich man’s sport.

During Nixon’s term as vice president,
President Eisenhower introduced him
to the game of golf. Once Nixon
became president, he found that thegame gave him relief from thepressures of the office. Later, after the
Watergate scandal caused him toresign the presidency, the game
became even more important to him.
“Golf became my lifesaver,” he said.

Once, while campaigning to bepresident, Kennedy almost made ahole-in-one. As his near-perfect shotrolled directly toward the hole, heyelled for the ball to stop. And it did,just six inches away from the hole.
Kennedy breathed a sigh of relief. “Ifthat ball had gone into that hole,” hesaid, “in less than an hour the word
would be out to the nation that another golfer
was trying to get into the White House.”(1963 - 1969)
President Lyndon B. Johnson
golfed for the fun of it. He
played poorly and rarely kept
score, but he never got angry or
frustrated. He would simply
swing and smile the entire round.
For President Johnson, the golfcourse was really a place to talkwith other politicians and getthings done. It was one of theplaces where he pushed for thepassage of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964.
John F. Kennedy andRichard Nixon appear MoreNeilin first televised
U.S.
Armstrong Pocket
presidential debates troops sent lands on calculators
moon
introduced
J.F.K. to Vietnam
killedBerlin Wallseparates
Germany

Civil
Rights Act
passes in
U.S.

10 The Power Game

Dr. Martin
Luther King,
Jr. assassinated

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Terrorist attacks occur
at 1972 Olympic
Games in Munich

President Nixon
resigns amid
Watergate scandal

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Apple releases Challenger
Ted Turner
space shuttle
establishes CNN American Macintosh
explodescomputerhostages
Star Wars
released fromreleased
Iran

Microsoft
foundedAmericansheld hostage
in IranSandra Day O’Connor
becomes the firstwoman on U.S.
Supreme Court

Berlin Walltorn down

Golf was President Ford’s favorite
way to have fun and relax. Ford was
recruited by Arnold Palmer torepresent golfers across the world,
becoming the first USGA Member in
1975. Ford was a multi-sport athlete
in his youth, playing baseball,basketball and the sport he wasrecruited to play at the University ofMichigan – football. He was offered acontract from both the Green Bay
Packers and Detroit Lions, but ultimately
attended Yale Law School instead.
In spite of strong athletic abilities, after
stumbling off Air Force One and also
hitting a spectator while playing golf,
comedians began joking about Ford’s
clumsiness. And as a good sport,
President Ford often joked about it, too.

Jimmy Carter was one of three 20th
century U.S. presidents who did not golf.
He holds the distinctionof being the only nongolfer to beat a golfer in apresidential race, defeating
Gerald Ford in 1976.
Interestingly, the three 20th century
presidents who did not play golf –Hoover, Truman and Carter – all served
just one complete term in office.
Presidents Kennedy, Ford and Reagan
are good examples of politicians using
humor to connect with others and toshow their “human” side. Look at the
comics section of today’s newspaperand notice how a story can be told in a
few picture frames. Find a short article
that interests you and create a comic
strip to illustrate the important message.

While Reagan had been a decent
golfer as a young man, he only playedgolf about a dozen times during his
eight years in the White House. Even
though his scores were high, he
always enjoyed the game and his

Although being the president of the UnitedStates is a very serious job, it is important tohave a good sense of humor. Presidents arefeatured in political cartoons daily, jokedabout by comedians and more.

good nature and sense of humor
endeared him to Americans.
President Reagan once said, “When I
became president, my golf game took
a dramatic nosedive.”

What’s thedifference between
being funny andbeing silly?

How can agood sense ofhumor help youin life?

What is somethingthat is fair to joke
about? What arethings that are notfair to joke about?

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George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of theUnited States, and George W. Bush, his son and43rd president of the United States, are both very
athletic and known for being in a hurry on and off
the golf course. The Bush family tradition was totake practice swings only rarely and instead
quickly blast drives down the fairway.
They called the game “speed golf” or “aerobic
golf.” President George H.W. Bush, dubbed their
way of playing golf “cart polo.” They would hit thegolf balls, jump in the cart and race to the next stop.
The Bush family record for 18 holes played by afoursome is one hour, 42 minutes.
Golf has been played by the Bush family for over
five generations at the tiny Cape Arundel Golf
Club in Kennebunkport, Maine.

(1993 - 2001)
Unlike the Bushes, Bill Clinton
likes to take his time on the golfcourse. He could take six hours toplay one round of golf.
Clinton is a chatty golfer. He talks
to himself and the ball. Before heswings, he asks his partners, thecaddies and even Secret Service
agents questions like, “Am I
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aimed correctly?” and “Are my feetright?”
Clinton likes golf “because the rest of
my life is going at breakneck speed
and everything had to be done fast andthis is the place where I had to slow
down. And I think the final reason is –you literally can’t think about anythingelse. If you do, you can’t hit a shot.”

9/11 attacks in
New York, thePentagon andPennsylvania

1990 - 1999

Operation
Desert Storm
frees Kuwait

OklahomaCitybombing

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Economiccrisis plunges
U.S. into
recession

BarackObama
inaugurated
as 44thPresident

2000 - 2009

ComputerU.S. forces
experts brace
invadefor “Y2K bug”
Iraq

Nancy Pelosi
Hurricane
becomes first female
Katrinadevastates the Speaker of the House
Gulf Coast

Number these sentences in order toreveal more about the Bush family’s
history with the game of golf.

Terrorist leader Osamabin Laden killed in
U.S. raid in Pakistan
2009 - 2019

Huge oil spill
affects Gulf of
Mexico region

President Obama puts a little
body language on his shot during around of golf while on vacation in
Martha’s Vineyard.

Basketball may be President Obama’sfavorite sport, but golf is a solid second.
His regular golf partners say henever cheats or takes mulligans.
After he was injured playing
basketball, First Lady Michelle
Obama asked her husband,“Why don’t you take up
something less dangerous, like golf?” She
didn’t need to ask
twice.
Obama’s cool, calm demeanor is thesame on the golf course as it is in his
political life. He never brags whenthings are going well. And when things
go wrong, he doesn’t get too upset
with himself.

The first and only time threepresidents shared a round ofgolf was in 1995 when George
H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford andBill Clinton played for charity
at the Bob Hope Chrysler
Classic in Indian Wells, Calif.
This rare event attracted the
media and offered a peek into
the personal styles and golf
games of each president.
Politicians discipline themselves to a
lifetime of serving the people, but theymust also be prepared for a lifetime inthe spotlight. Find an article in today’s
newspaper about a famous person(political figure, athlete or movie star).
Why is he or she famous and in thenews today? What does this article tell
you about their discipline?

and hit 71-year-old Norma
Earley on the bridge of her nose.
She said to Bush, “I’m sorry I
got in the way of your shot.”Bush remembers getting a
sympathetic glance from
Ford and thinking that Ford
understood these situations.

Clinton was relaxed and visited
with the crowd. Bush pushed tokeep the match moving along
and Ford, as usual, made wildshots that hit spectators.
But it was Bush who had thewildest shot. On the first hole,
his ball hit a tree, bounced off

Becoming better at anything involves disciplining
yourself to find time to practice. Sometimes
practicing to improve yourself means passing up
on something fun. Think about a time you had to
discipline yourself to stick with a goal.

What do you do tostay focused when
you want to complete
something?

Is it important toreward yourself for
sticking to yourgoals?

What can you learn
from times that you
haven’t stayedfocused on reachinga goal?

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Condoleezza Rice served as secretary of state andNational Security Advisor under President George
W. Bush.
Rice grew up playing tennis, the piano and was acompetitive figure skater, but didn’t find golf until
the summer after she became secretary of state
when she turned 50. “I love the fact that it’s athinking person’s game, that there is strategy
involved,” Rice said. “It’s making me a little
more patient than I would have been at 20 or
25-years-old.”
While she was secretary of state, Rice didn’t
play a lot of golf. She tried to get out on Sunday
afternoons, as that was her only free time.
Rice is now a professor at Stanford University andshe likes to play in the late afternoons, after the
workday is done. “That’s why I like long summerdays, because I can get out after work and playfor a while.”

First Lady Michelle Obama haslaunched a campaign to make children
in America healthier. “One in fivechildren is overweight or obese by thetime they’re six-years-old, and morethan half of obese children are
overweight before their second birthday– we knew there wasn’t a moment towaste,” Mrs. Obama wrote in a column
on her website, Let’s Move!
The first family brings the Let’s Move!
campaign home. The Obamas enjoy avariety of family activities, including
hiking, swimming and mini-golf.
On a family trip to a miniature golfcourse, nine-year-old Sasha hit ahole-in-one. The president gave
Sasha a high-five and declared her
stroke “unbelievable.” The president
then made par with his two shots on
the first hole.

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The woman above was appointed thefirst female United States Supreme
Court Justice by President Ronald
Reagan in 1981. She is an avid golfer.
Circle every third letter to reveal her
name and write it on the lines below.

Fill in the missing words. Then match the letters to thenumbers and spell the answer to the Mystery Spot question.

1. What term did President George H.W. Bush use todescribe the way his family plays golf?
1What is the name of the state park in
New York that has been home to the U.S. Open
twice in the past ten years? Four of the fivecourses at this park were built as part of the public
works project that built 368 municipal golf courses
during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency.

2

2. How many presidents in the last century were NOT golfers?
103

3. Which president did Richard M. Nixon served under as
vice-president?
4

4

3

5

3

1

3

4

2

1

7

4

2

1

9

8

6. What is President Obama’s favorite sport?
85

4. As a young man, President Ford was recruited to playwhich sport at the University of Michigan?
66

5. What did President Wilson paint red so he could play golf
on snow-covered ground?

7. What word did President George W. Bush use to describe
holding one’s self to a high standard, even when no one islooking?
98. Who was the 36th president of the United States?

7

10

How well do you know golf? Read the clues. Use the words in the boxes to fill in the
crossword puzzle.
1

3

1. A shot used to advance the ball a shortdistance.
3. A casual or mediocre player of a sport,
especially golf.
6. When a player gets a second chance tohit a golf shot; a “do-over.”8. Shoes with plastic spikes attached tothe soles designed to increase traction
on the golf course.
9. Golf clubs used for hitting the ball great
distances, formerly made from persimmon,
now made from either steel or titanium.
11. A score of one over par on any given hole.
13. Metal clubs and wedges numbered
one to nine.
17. A score of two strokes under par on any
given hole.
18. A shot played from the teeing ground
intended to move the ball a great distance.
19. A term used by a golfer to warn thoseahead that a ball is headed in theirdirection.
21. A score of stroke under par on any
given hole.

2. The number of strokes considerednecessary to complete a hole orcourse in expert play.
4. The area between the teeing groundand the green where the grass is cut
short and evenly; generally the mostadvantageous area from which toapproach the green.
5. A shot designed to roll the ball along
the ground, normally made on theputting green.
7. A small peg on which the ball is placed
for the first shot of each hole.
10. A piece of turf dug up by a golf club in
striking a ball.
11. A depression, usually filled with sand,serving as a hazard to golfers.
12. The area of closely cropped grass at theend of a golf hole on which a player putts.
14. Movement of the club aimed at hitting
the ball.
15. A person who carries golf clubs for aplayer.
16. A hole-in-one.
20. A sea-side golf course with few trees
and sandy, dune-like terrain.

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The USGA Museum and Arnold Palmer Center for
Golf History has developed special programming in
conjunction with the 111th United States OpenChampionship, to be held at Congressional Country
Club in Bethesda, Md., from June 16 to 19, 2011.
Golf has been a part of the Washington, D.C.,
landscape for more than a century, serving as ameans of exercise, relaxation and dialogue forprominent figures in American politics. The close
association between golf, leadership, responsibility
and integrity helps explain the important role thegame has played in the life of our nation’s capital.
The Power Game: Golf and American Politics,
features on-site exhibitions and a web-based
exhibition with photos, video and artifacts fromseveral officials, including William Howard Taft,
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Condoleezza Rice andGeorge W. Bush.
You can find the online exhibit at:

www.usgamuseum.com

Below are portions of photos
found inside this booklet. Find the page where each photo
appears and write the page number in the correct circle.

TEXT CREDITS
Page 4: Walter Travis, Presidential Lies by Shepherd Campbell
and Peter Landau, Macmillan, New York, 1996.
Humor Wins the Day: First Off The Tee by Don Van Natta Jr.,
Public Affairs™, Perseus Books Group, New York, 2003.

Page 13:
Terry Link, The New Golfer by Don Van Natta Jr., 2009.
Michelle Obama, The New Golfer by Don Van Natta Jr., 2009.
Norma Early, Presidential Lies by Shepherd Campbell andPeter Landau, Macmillan, New York, 1996.

Page 5: Walter Travis, Presidential Lies by Shepherd Campbell
and Peter Landau, Macmillan, New York, 1996.
William Howard Taft, First Off The Tee by Don Van Natta Jr.,
Public Affairs™, Perseus Books Group, New York, 2003.

PICTURE CREDITS
The pictures in this supplement are from the USGA unless stated here.

Page 6: Warren G. Harding, First Off The Tee by Don Van NattaJr., Public Affairs™, Perseus Books Group, New York, 2003.
To Jim Barnes, First Off The Tee by Don Van Natta Jr., Public
Affairs™, Perseus Books Group, New York, 2003.
Calvin Coolidge, First Off The Tee by Don Van Natta Jr., Public
Affairs™, Perseus Books Group, New York, 2003.
Page 7: Eleanor Roosevelt, First Off The Tee by Don Van NattaJr., Public Affairs™, Perseus Books Group, New York, 2003.
Harry S. Truman, Presidential Lies by Shepherd Campbell andPeter Landau, Macmillan, New York, 1996.
Page 8: “Don’t Ask What I Shot” by Catherine M. Lewis,
McGraw-Hill, New York, 2007. Dwight D. Eisenhower, The
Gigantic Book of Golf Quotations edited by Jim Apfelbaum,
Skyhorse Publishing, New York, 2007.
Page 9: Babe Didrikson Zaharias, The Gigantic Book of Golf
Quotations edited by Jim Apfelbaum, Skyhorse Publishing,
New York, 2007.
Page 10: John F. Kennedy, First Off The Tee by Don Van NattaJr., Public Affairs™, Perseus Books Group, New York, 2003.
John F. Kennedy, Presidential Lies by Shepherd Campbell andPeter Landau, Macmillan, New York, 1996.
Lyndon B. Johnson, First Off The Tee by Don Van Natta Jr.,
Public Affairs™, Perseus Books Group, New York, 2003.
Richard M. Nixon, First Off The Tee by Don Van Natta Jr., Public
Affairs™, Perseus Books Group, New York, 2003.
Page 11: Gerald R. Ford, The Gigantic Book of Golf Quotationsedited by Jim Apfelbaum, Skyhorse Publishing, New York, 2007.
Ronald Reagan, First Off The Tee by Don Van Natta Jr., Public
Affairs™, Perseus Books Group, New York, 2003.
Page 12: George H.W. Bush, First Off The Tee by Don Van NattaJr., Public Affairs™, Perseus Books Group, New York, 2003.
Bill Clinton, First Off The Tee by Don Van Natta Jr., Public
Affairs™, Perseus Books Group, New York, 2003.
Bill Clinton, First Off The Tee by Don Van Natta Jr., Public
Affairs™, Perseus Books Group, New York, 2003.

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Front cover: Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library andMuseum, The Nixon Library and Museum, The Washington
Times, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum,
White House Flickr (Obama), Woodrow Wilson House, George
W. Bush Presidential Library (George H.W. Bush)
Page 2: Library of Congress (Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge,
Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson,
Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, GHW Bush)
George W. Bush Presidential Library
President Obama-Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
Page 3: George W. Bush Presidential Library
Pages 4 & 5: USGA Museum (Taft)
Page 6: Woodrow Wilson House, Library of Congress (Harding)Page 7: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library andMuseum, Library of Congress
Page 8: Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library andMuseum, USGA Museum
Page 9: Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum
Page 10: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum,
The Nixon Library, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
Page 11: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum,
Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library
Page 12: George W. Bush Presidential Library, The
Washington Times
Page 13: White House Flickr (Obama)
PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images
Page 14: Collection of the Supreme Court of the UnitedStates, White House Flickr (Obama)
MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images
Page 16: USGA Museum, Previously credited photographs