Boehner’s Got a Golf Habit to Support
Print This Article
Politico takes a look at what politicians do in their free time–using campaign dollars:
He should be, given the $82,998 his political action committee has spent on golf outings so far this year, according to Federal Election Commission filings.
The golf events this year sponsored by Boehner’s Freedom Project political action committee have stretched from April until October, from Florida to Ohio. And the minority leader doesn’t hold his events at worn-out municipal courses. The most recent outing was a $20,921.34 event at the plush Robert Trent Jones track in Gainesville, Va., an invitation-only private club that was once also home to the Professional Golfers Association‘s President’s Cup.
The highest expenditure was a September event at the Jack Nicklaus-designed Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. The Freedom Project spent $29,501.20 for an event on the course, which hosts the annual PGA Memorial Tournament.
Another favorite of Boehner’s PAC seems to be the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, Fla., where the committee spent more than $30,000 in April and May. The Tiburon Golf Course, a 36-hole course at the hotel, also hosts a professional tournament each year.
That hard work has paid off though.
The United States Golf Association lists Boehner as maintaining a 7.9 handicap.
Posted under Blog.
Tags: Boehner, Golf, Minority Leader, PAC








11:26 am on November 25th, 2009
You didn’t find it worth noting that these were FUNDRAISERS that raised a lot of money for Republican candidates? That is mentioned in the article.