The president and Boehner, an Ohio Republican, will meet on an as yet undisclosed course in the Washington area for their debut golf outing together. The goal, according to aides, is to forge a closer relationship that might help down the road in negotiations, rather than come off the links with a deal to cut the federal debt...

We Are Golf, a coalition of golf associations and industry members, yesterday released a statement highlighting the Obama- Boehner game’s potential to improve “many critical challenges facing the nation” and saying that golf supports 2 million U.S. jobs.

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