Word: golf
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Since he arrived on Christmas Eve, President Obama has kept a low profile. He played golf on a military course, and watched the waves at a popular bodysurfing beach called Pyramid Rock. The President's children were treated to shave-ice treats on Saturday at Island Snow - the same store the President visited with his daughters last Christmas. (See the Obamas' 2008 Hawaii vacation...
...brief statement to reporters made clear, President Obama really cannot take a holiday, even in when he goes home to Hawaii. (Or avoid causing apprehension. Later on Monday Obama caused concern when he interrupted a golf game to rush back to his rented residence on Kailuana Place in Kailua, which is on the opposite side of the island of Oahu from Honolulu. An ambulance was seen rushing toward the home as well. The child of a family friend had suffered an injury.)(See how Obama, Hawaii's favorite son, is perking up the state's holidays...
...Golf Channel...
...Columbia make some bank? Personal experience suggests nixing hot breakfast, or developing a nifty line of golf-course-friendly clothing...
...Sports Business Journal this week. "When his career is over, you'll look back on these indiscretions as a minor blip, but the media is making a big deal out of it right now." Woods' sexcapades and subsequent absence from the Tour might not hurt Nike's $650 million golf business as much as you think. Golf accounts for less than 4% of Nike's revenues. And according to Matt Powell, an analyst at SportsOneSource, a market-research firm, Woods-branded Nike apparel is just 10% of the overall golf business. The big money is in golf clubs and golf...