Contrary to reports, no member of staff or traveling party ever called the golf course in question and we are not sure where the story came from.

He's the only major party candidate who plays golf. Reform Party candidate Donald Trump plays golf and claims to have a single digit handicap, but I think we've learned to take everything he says with a grain of salt.

We did a great job sticking to the plan of playing great golf. Now we're focusing more on the mental side of the game. Hopefully we can continue to go out there and keep working hard.

Again, taxpayers will not be responsible for this. We are going to seek third-party reimbursement from whoever the Coast Guard deems is at fault.

I think I lost my golf energy. You can't come out here and go through the motions. These guys are too good. I guess I'm at a crossroads. Right now, I would say I'll play more on the Champions Tour. But if I start to play a little better at the end of the year ... I still like to do this.

I wish I could be taking golf right now. That's what I want to be working on when I get out, becoming a scratch golfer.