Hooper Golf Club, Walpole, N.H. Golf Precedents and Presidents What is it with presidents and golf? Really. I want to know. But, I don’t want to know enough to ask the google wizard or search Encyclopedia Britannica, past issues of the National Review, or The Wall Street Journal. I just want presidents going golfing explained to me. Like, did they all golf? I know the current occupant does. Word on the street: he cheats. So out of character.  And I know Obama and W did — his