The most pathetic aspect of this is that he is probably actually serious ... that is the height of pompous, elitist snobbery.

And on top of that, it is just plain STUPID!

Hey, be fair, sacrificing your golf game to show solidarity to soldiers fighting and dying in a war, isn't much, it might seem silly to the point of insane, you might cynicaly call it the expression of someone who does not know what real sacrifice is, but, but, -

Ok, you are right. It isn't anything.