Gary Player and Bryson DeChambeau stage White House push-up contest
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Updated · Fox News · May 6
Gary Player and Bryson DeChambeau stage White House push-up contest
4 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 6
The 90-year-old nine-time major champion matched the 32-year-old LIV Golf star on the South Lawn on Tuesday as President Donald Trump watched.
The appearance coincided with Trump signing a memorandum restoring the Presidential Fitness Test Award, reviving a competitive school fitness programme phased out during Barack Obama's administration.
The event supported the administration's Make America Healthy Again push, and Player used Oval Office remarks to urge young people to value exercise, education and freedom.
Beyond a push-up contest, how will star athletes actually help improve the daily fitness of American kids?
Can a revived national fitness test succeed when many states lack the proper physical education infrastructure?