Although his score for a round of eighteen rarely broke ninety, President Dwight D. Eisenhower had much to do with the increasing popularity of golf. By the time he entered the White House in 1953, he had already gained a reputation as a golf addict, and during his two-term presidency he took great delight in playing highly publicized rounds with golfing greats such as Bobby Jones and Ben Hogan. In February 1953 the Public Golf Association offered to build a putting green on the south lawn of the White House. The green was placed just outside his office window, and on his way to and from work he would stop to practice his approach shots and putts. The many squirrels that populated the White House lawn, however, found the green an ideal site for burying acorns and walnuts. Furious, Eisenhower told the Secret Service, "The...