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Golfer in Chiefs: George H.W. Bush and other presidents who loved the game

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William Howard Taft (File)

William Howard Taft

Trump is the 18th president since William McKinley “made the first presidential putt in 1897.” Since, only a few presidents declined to play the game: including Teddy Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, and Jimmy Carter.

Taft played a lot of golf and did not play it well. Still, Taft became “addicted to golf.” Roosevelt, urged him to cool it because he was playing so much during the 1908 campaign.

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