Photo by Joanne Farmer

HPU occasional correspondent Joanne Farmer photographed Barack Obama twice during the President-elect’s Hawai‘i winter vacation, both times at Mid-Pacific Golf Course in Lanikai. Mr. Obama is shown here shaking hands with well-wishers at the 18th green. “His approach shot had landed inches from the green, and the crowd went crazy!” Farmer said. “After he sank the putt,” she continued, “he took time to shake hands with about 50 people watching from the Bluestone wall.”
“ It was a real thrill,” Farmer added, admitting she had waited about 90 minutes for the shot. “I wished him a Hau‘oli Makahiki Hou!”

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