By
Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 8:37 AM on 30th December 2011

President Obama is clearly not roughing it as he plays a lot of golf between trips to the beach with his wife and two daughters.

But as the commander-in-chief teed off at the Ko’olau Golf Club yesterday, the one thing more eye-opening than his handicap is who he golfs with.

With him at Ko’alau was Robert ‘Bobby’ Titcomb, a close friend of Obama’s since high school, who was arrested in a prostitution sting.

Roughing it: President Obama clutches his ‘Barackberry’ as he rides in his motorcade to the golf course earlier this week to play yet another round

Neighbourhood eats: The presidential motorcade stopped at Alan Wong’s Restaurant, located close to the Honolulu area where Obama spent his teenage years

Titcomb was one of four men who allegedly approached an undercover police officer for sex in downtown Hawaii on April 4.

Scandal: Robert Titcomb was arrested in a prostitution sting in April but Obama still plays golf with his childhood friend when he’s in Hawaii

A judge fined him $500 but accepted his request for a deferral, meaning the charge will be wiped off his record if Titcomb stays out of trouble for six months.

After several hours on the course with Titcomb and two others, the president kicked back with the First Lady, his sister Maya Soetoro-Ng, and several other friends at one of Honolulu’s priciest restaurants.

The presidential motorcade made a stop last night at Alan Wong’s Restaurant, located close to the Honolulu area where Obama spent his teenage years.

The Obamas sat down to a five-course dinner that include such menu items as the ‘sassy salad’ and a bacon-wrapped pork loin – for $75 each ($110 for wine pairings with each course).

The restaurant confirmed to MailOnline that the President’s daughters Malia and Sasha did not join their parents for dinner.

Press pool reports said that snap happy gawkers inside and outside the restaurant were chased away when pulling out their cameras.

While the Obamas may be away, that hasn’t stopped criticism about their expensive tastes while the rest of the country struggles to escape an economic downturn. 

Michelle Obama came under the microscope yesterday after stepping out earlier this week in a dress worth $2,000.

Later that day, she appeared in a $950 skirt at a meet-and-greet with service members and their families.

The president has stayed largely out
of the spotlight since arriving Friday evening in Hawaii, the state
where he was born and mostly raised.

Lavish dinner: The Obamas sat down with friends at Alan Wong’s Restaurant, one of Honolulu’s priciest

He
spent a low-key holiday with his family, attended Christmas church
services and visited service members stationed at Marine Corps Base
Hawaii, near Honolulu.

Obama has no public events planned during his vacation, which is expected to last until shortly after New Year’s Day.

The First Family has attracted criticism as their annual vacation this year is likely to be their most expensive ever.

The President travelled separately because he wanted resolve the payroll tax cut issue before leaving Washington D.C.

Mrs Obama took the children two weekends ago in a flight that cost an extra $100,000 – and her husband’s round-trip journey will be $3,271,611.

His flight was estimated by the Hawaii Reporter as the largest expense of the holiday trip.

It will cost more than $4million in total. But his family is covering the cost of a private beach front residence in Kailua, Oahu, which costs up to $3,500 a day, or $75,000 a month.

The vacationing Obama was also named America’s most admired men this week, despite a 2011 that saw his presidential approval ratings stand at just 47 per cent.

When asked which man they most admired, 17 per of Americans named the U.S. president, while Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, topped the female list, also with 17 per cent.

Quality time: Obama and his daughters released turtles and got the chance to spend some time with friends while on their annual vacation to the President’s home state