"Why has Barack Obama forsaken basketball for the links?"

The WSJ's Elizabeth Williamson tries to get the lowdown on Obama's love of golf over basketball, but doesn't resolve the matter. She does, however, share this about the security situation in case you were thinking of lacing a range ball with a bomb, think again. 

Matt Lombard, a staffer in the pro shop at Mink Meadows Golf Club in Martha's Vineyard, hoped to catch the president's game during the Obama family vacation on the island in August. He says he was bringing golf balls down to the driving range when the Secret Service stopped him, dumped the bucket and tapped each ball with a small hammer.

Mr. Lombard was shut into the pro shop with a couple dozen other people, who saw the president tee off with a swing Mr. Lombard describes as: "Eh, not so much." The group strained to see a presidential putt. "He took it as a gimme," says Mr. Lombard, referring to the tradition of automatically counting the next stroke as in the hole if the ball is close enough. His conclusion: Mr. Obama "ought to play a little more basketball."