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Obama, Trump get in year-end golf round (separately)

What better way to ring out the old year and get ready for ringing in the new than getting in 18 holes? That was the order of the day Saturday for both the outgoing and incoming presidents of the United States.

Barack Obama, on vacation with his family in Hawaii, played his 64th round of golf in 2016 and 333rd overall during his presidency, according to CBS News White House Correspondent Mark Knoller. Reporting the number of rounds played by a president immediately ignites a debate between the "he plays too much" and "he's entitled to stress-relief" camps, so it's worth noting that Obama is, at best, the third-most avid golfer to occupy the White House.