--- title: Bill Murray Plays Golf with Obama, Talks Health Insurance description: Bill Murray joined President Obama for some golf in the Oval Office where they discussed the Cubs' World Series win and health insurance. canonical: https://time.com/4597775/bill-murray-and-obama-golf/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-12T16:22:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:23.506Z og:title: Watch Bill Murray Play Golf With Obama in the Oval Office og:description: Murray also reminded Obama about the Cubs' World Series win og:url: https://time.com/4597775/bill-murray-and-obama-golf/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Bill Murray Play Golf With Obama in the Oval Office twitter:description: Murray also reminded Obama about the Cubs' World Series win twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Bill Murray and President Obama Play Golf in the Oval Office > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 12, 2016 4:22 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 12, 2016 4:22 PM UTC While [President Barack Obama](http://time.com/obama-and-copeland/) probably has a jam-packed schedule [before he leaves office in the new year](http://time.com/4570480/read-obama-press-conference-transcript/), he took time out of his busy schedule to kick back with a round of golf at the White House with none other than his [fellow Chicago sports enthusiast, Bill Murray](http://time.com/4594137/bill-murray-sings-grandma/). While putting into a glass in the Oval Office, Murray and Obama trash talked each other’s form when it came to golf and Murray even got in a few well-placed moments of [gloating about his beloved Chicago Cubs winning the World Series](http://time.com/4556121/bill-murray-celebrate-chicago-cubs/) (Obama, a long suffering White Sox fan, takes it all in good humor.) However, Obama and Murray paused the good-natured ribbing to discuss something a little more serious: health care. After Murray gripes about his knee hurting and not having health insurance, Obama reminds him that he (and others) will need to sign up by Dec. 15 to be eligible for insurance next year under the Affordable Care Act. 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