Michelle Obama thinks Barack Obama just plays golf to 'avoid' her 17 Mar, 2021 01:41 AM 3 minutes to read Michelle Obama told Ellen that she thinks whoever invented 18-hole golf was "somebody trying to avoid their wife!" Photo / Getty Images BANG! Showbiz The former First Lady of the United States has confessed the one thing of her husband's that she would get rid of is his golf clubs because it "takes too long" for him to play the game. She said: "They're annoying! It takes too long! Why is there a sport where there are 18 holes? They just made that up, that's somebody trying to avoid their wife!"