President Obama has traded GOP rancor and late-fall temperatures in Washington for a golf outing with Derek Jeter at the nicest golf resort in Las Vegas . Obama , the retired New York Yankees shortstop and two Las Vegas businessmen were playing golf at Shadow Creek , which describes itself as a `` masterpiece '' course `` sculpted from the Nevada desert by renowned architect Tom Fazio . '' `` Once the domain of only a privileged few , the natural splendor of this monument to the imagination and classic golf course design stands today ready to be shared , '' the website says . Obama is spending the weekend near Las Vegas after delivering a speech at a school here on Friday . He returned to Del Sol High School , where in 2013 he called on Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform legislation . The speech was Obama 's only public event scheduled for his weekend in the Nevada desert ; but the mid-60s forecast and the area 's preponderance of golf resorts left little question what the president would occupy himself with over the two days . Aides have maintained that Obama 's vacations are n't truly respites from work -- he brings along staff and communications equipment that ensures his job is never far away .
President and retired Yankees shortstop play in foursome at lush Shadow Creek . Obama is spending the weekend in Vegas after delivering a speech Friday . President , with staff and equipment at hand , is never far from work , aides say .