Michael Jordan: Just Sayin’, Obama Is A ‘Sh*tty Golfer’ (VIDEO)

Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan speaks to the media during a news conference about the NBA basketball team in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Given the chance, basketball icon Michael Jordan would not hit the green with President Barack Obama.

Sportscaster Ahmad Rashad asked Jordan who his dream golf foursome would be in a Wednesday interview on the Back9Network golf channel. Jordan said he’d play a round with golf legend Arnold Palmer and the President, then quickly took it back because he said Obama would be too slow.

“I never played with Obama, but I would,” Jordan said. “But nah, that’s okay, I take him out. He’s a hack, man, I’d be all day playing with him.”

“Do you really want to say that? He’s the President of the United States, he’s a hack?” Rashad asked.

“Don’t worry about it,” Jordan said. “I never said he wasn’t a great politician, I’m just saying he’s a sh*tty golfer.”

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  1. An un-named highly placed administration official is quoted as having said that “Michael Jordan is a chickenshitty golfer.”

  2. I liked MJ the best when he was driving down the lane against the Piston Bad Boys of 1988-90 and getting routinely knocked on his ass.

  3. This is one of many things I never liked about golf: Golfers are such snobs – they always want to play with people who are better than they are, but they never want to play with anyone who plays worse.

    Whoever it was who said that “golf is a good walk spoiled” was right on the money.

  4. Avatar for tomk tomk says:

    Fair enough; having seen the way MJ runs the Bobnets, I doubt Obama would hire him to manage anything.

  5. Expect the Right wing to use this and I guarantee, it’ll be on Fox News Tonight.

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