President Obama Rejected From Top NY Golf Courses Over Labor Day Weekend: Sources

President Obama was turned down at sev­er­al top golf cours­es in Westchester while he was vis­it­ing the area over Labor Day week­end, sources tell NBC 4 New York.

The Trump National Golf Club, the Winged Foot and Willow Ridge were among some of the élite cours­es that rebuffed the pres­i­den­t’s request to tee off there, accord­ing to sev­er­al sources who were told about the pres­i­den­t’s advance team’s calls to the club managers.

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Club man­agers appar­ent­ly did not want to incon­ve­nience their high-pow­ered and high-pay­ing mem­bers over Labor Day week­end by shut­ting down their cours­es to accom­mo­date the president.

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The pres­i­dent was in town Aug. 29, a Friday, for fundrais­ing events in New York and Rhode Island. He had been sched­uled to stay overnight in Westchester County in order to attend the Saturday evening wed­ding of MSNBC host Alex Wagner and White House chef Sam Kass at Blue

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The sources said the White House advance team was giv­ing the clubs just a day or two notice to fill the president’s open Saturday morn­ing in New York. Of sev­er­al cours­es con­tact­ed in New York and Connecticut, a spokesman for Fairview Country Club in Greenwich said it would have accom­mo­dat­ed the pres­i­dent if he had asked. That was the only club that said it would.

Labor Day week­end is one of the busiest times of year for golf cours­es, and with mem­ber­ship at some area clubs exceed­ing $100,000, many cours­es may not have want­ed to dis­place its mem­bers on a week­end when they would have want­ed to play.

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