President Obama Rejected by Westchester Golf Courses: News Report

Written by Lanning Taliaferro

Over Labor Day weekend, President Obama’s request to play at one of the Hudson Valley’s elite golf courses was rejected by club managers, according to a report on Channel 4, NBCnewyork.com.

Among the clubs with closed doors: Trump National Golf Course in Briarcliff Manor, Winged Foot in Mamaroneck and Willow Ridge in Harrison, according to Channel 4.

“Club managers apparently did not want to inconvenience their high-powered and high-paying members over Labor Day weekend by shutting down their courses to accommodate the president,” Jonathan Dienst wrote on NBCnewyork.com.

Tee times over Labor Day weekend are hard to come by—golfers schedule them months in advance.

The president and first family were in Westchester County to attend two fundraisersand a wedding.

The fundraisers were at the Purchase home of Robert and Carol Wolf, who are hosting a $32,400-per-person Democratic National Committee barbecue, and a roundtable event in New Rochelle, where attendees also paid up to $32,400, according to news reports.

The wedding was at Blue Hill at Stone Barnes in Pocantico Hills. The groom was White House chef Sam Kass, 34, and the bride was MSNBC anchor woman Alex Wagner, 36.

For a fascinating read comparing presidential “vacation” time, check out this article in the Reno Gazette-Journal.