US President Barack Obama has apologised to a newly married couple after his game of golf forced the pair to relocate their wedding.
Captains Natalie Heimel and Edward Mallue were all set to tie the knot Sunday at the Kaneohe Klipper golf course, located on a US Marine Corps base in Hawaii.
But then they learned that Obama was scheduled to hit the links at the same time they'd be exchanging vows.
Within 24 hours, they relocated the ceremony to the bucolic lawn of the base commander's residence, overlooking the Pacific.
There the newlyweds took a cellphone call from the Commander in Chief, who expressed congratulations and apologized for any inconvenience caused.
"Listen. Congratulations on your wedding. I feel terrible. Nobody told us," Obama told the couple.
"If they had just mentioned that they were going to have a wedding on the 16th hole, we would have skipped the 16th hole," the President added.
"I hope the wedding went OK anyway," he continued.
"Obama just personally called my sister and her new husband to apologize for foiling their wedding venue golfing. Amazing!" said Heimel's sister on Twitter.
President Barack Obama, holding his golf ball and followed by a Secret Service agent, waves at watching members of the public as he golfs in Hawaii. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
The phone call "totally made their day," Becca Dryer, a friend of the bride who also attended the wedding, told the New York Daily News.
Obama has been on holiday in Hawaii, his native state, for nine days, during which he has played golf six times, the newspaper noted.
On Christmas Eve, he played a round with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razzak.
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