An outing on the green before a conference on green energies. Former President of the United States Barack Obama enjoyed a discreet round of golf this Wednesday afternoon on the prestigious national site of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, in Guyancourt (Yvelines), as in attest to the videos revealed by TV78.
Visiting Paris this week for the PowR Earth summit on renewable energies in La Défense (Hauts-de-Seine), the arrival of the 44th President of the United States does not surprise Jean-Michel Fourgous, mayor of Élancourt and president ( LR) of the agglomeration of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
“Barack Obama is a real golfer who loves challenges, and we have one of the most difficult golf courses in the world, 30 minutes from Paris without a red light,” boasts the elected official, very proud to welcome the the only golf course to ever have hosted both the premier event of the Ryder Cup (in 2018) and the next Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
National Golf as a sporting elite… and diplomatic
In a black tracksuit and cap, it was a comfortable Barack Obama who was able to enjoy the National Golf before heading towards Nanterre in the evening. And if the important security system has slightly altered its discretion, the golf course did not have to be privatized. The Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines site, which regularly welcomes officials and ministers, both French and foreign, has seen others.
Donald Trump himself was once announced in Guyancourt. But the successor to Barack Obama, whose practice of golf in the midst of a pandemic caused controversy during the 2020 presidential campaign, had ultimately never set foot on the greens of the famous Yvelinois course.