Eisenhower was an active booster of his favorite sport, and in a message to the PGA Tournament in 1953, he wrote,
“[Golf] obviously provides one of our best forms of healthful exercise, accompanied by good fellowship and companionship. It is a sport in which the whole American family can participate--fathers and mothers, sons and daughters alike. It offers healthy respite from daily toil, refreshment of body and mind.”
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