President Obama says Derek Jeter hustled him at Las Vegas golf course
President Obama opened his speech at a political fundraiser Monday at the Henderson home of Las Vegas Sun publisher Brian Greenspun by joking about his golf outing at Shadow Creek in North Las Vegas in November that turned out to be a fundraiser for former New York Yankees great Derek Jeter.
“(Greenspun) and Derek Jeter stole money from me at Shadow Creek,” Obama said. “It was clearly a set up, because when we got to the practice range, (Jeter) was shanking balls everywhere. I said, ‘You play golf Derek?’ And he said, ‘I just started two weeks ago.'”
They gave Jeter 30 strokes, Obama said via Politico.com, but he realized that was a mistake as soon as they were on the first hole. Jeter crushed him, he said.
“We had to take a picture of me handing Derek Jeter money at the end of the game,” Obama said. “Despite that, Brian is a great friend.”
We can only imagine the conversation Jeter and Greenspun had before the round: “We can’t hustle the president.” “Yes We Can.”
No word if Jeter gave Obama a parting gift bag, like he reportedly has to so many of his other conquests.