(NYDAILYNEWS)Doesn't Derek Jeter know it's not a good idea to hustle the leader of the free world? President Obama says the Yankee ...
(NYDAILYNEWS)Doesn't Derek Jeter know it's not a good idea to hustle the leader of the free world?
President Obama says the Yankee legend, apparently unconcerned about the threat of a nuclear airstrike or economic sanctions, teamed up with Las Vegas Sun publisher Brian Greenspun to steal Obama’s money on a Nevada golf course in November.
Speaking at a political fund-raiser at Greenspun's Las Vegas home, Obama said Jeter and Greenspun set him up during a round of golf at Shadow Creek last fall, according to Politico.
"He and Derek Jeter stole money from me at Shadow Creek," Obama said. "It was clearly a set-up, because when we got to the practice range, he was shanking balls everywhere. I said, 'You play golf Derek?' And he said, 'I just started two weeks ago.'"
Jeter had just retired, but the Yankee great had a golf game. Obama gave Jeter 30 strokes and quickly came to regret it: "We had to take a picture of me handing Derek Jeter money at the end of the game," Obama said.
The president called Greenspun "a great friend" even though the newspaper publisher helped Jeter cheat him out of his dough.
Obama and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid brought their star power to the fund-raiser for former Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, who hopes to fill Reid's Senate seat when he retires after the 2016 election.
About 104 people paid up to $33,400 each to hear Obama complain — like a Red Sox fan — about Jeter.
Jeter returned to the Shadow Creek course in March, four months after the outing where he wagered with the President.
In March Jeter hosted his Turn 2 Foundation's first Celebrity Invitational Golf Tournament there, drawing in the likes of Michael Jordan, Ludacris, and Ken Griffey Jr.
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