Perhaps the president is contemplating going pro some day. He's certainly getting enough practice while playing at being president.

Mr. Obama will be in Florida this weekend to get in a few rounds of golf, and will be tutored by the great swing coach Butch Harmon, who was Tiger Woods' coach for many years.

The President's golfing weekend at The Floridian GC in Palm City, Fla., will include more than golf on a Tom Fazio course or an afternoon of ball beating at the Harmon School of Golf on campus. The Harmons, Butch and son Claude III, are flying in to work with President Obama, who inquired through an aide if they would be on property during his stay.

I've played golf with Ike, Nixon, Ford and President Bush 41," Harmon said from his golf school in Henderson, Nev. "I never played with President Clinton. I met him in the Oval Office. It'll be interesting. I know the President is a real keen golfer. I'm looking forward to it. It should be fun."

The President's host, club owner Jim Crane, also owns the Houston Astros. He received a call last week playing the AT&T National Pro-Am about the President's interest in his facility. As part of his remodeling of the club, Crane hired Butch Harmon to design and build a state-of-the-art learning facility that includes a gym, indoor hitting bays, launch monitors, a putting lab and the latest in video cameras.

"He's a left-handed player, I've seen film of his swing before," said Harmon, who analyzed Obama's swing when the President first took office. "It'll be fun to get him down in the learning center, show him stuff in his golf game and see how he takes it to the course. He's just like all of us that play golf. He wants to get better."

Meanwhile, Michelle and the kids will be hitting the slopes in Colorado. The First Couple have decided to take some time off from each other and take separate vacations:

The White House confirms today that President Barack Obama will be vacationing in Florida this weekend. His wife, First Lady Michelle Obama, will be in Colorado. The two daughters will be with Michelle. 

From the White House press gaggle aboard Air Force One:

Earnest confirmed that FLOTUS and her daughters are on a "ski trip out West with family and friends", and won't be with POTUS in Florida this weekend.

While the rest of his family will be skiing, Obama is expected to be hitting the links with golf pros and buddies in Florida. 

Vice President Joe Biden and his family, according to the White House, will be in Colorado this weekend on vacation. 

Monday is president's day.

I could be real petty and nasty and say something flippant about how getting away from each other is probably a blessing given how Michelle probably hectors the president about his eating habits, his smoking, the long hours at the office...oh, wait.

But I won't.