NASSAU, Bahamas — When former President George H. W. Bush died at age 94 on Friday night at his home in Houston, the world of…
NASSAU, Bahamas — When former President George H. W. Bush died at age 94 on Friday night at his home in Houston, the world of golf lost one of its most significant and passionate supporters.
The reaction of the golfers whose lives the 41st President of the United States touched was evidence of that Saturday at the Hero World Challenge at Albany Golf Club.
“He was such a force in the game of golf,’’ Tiger Woods said after playing his third round. “You can’t replace someone as special as him. He’s meant so much to the game of golf. He was one of the smartest people that I’ve ever met, and he had such a great sense of humor.
“He was fantastic to be around and so down to earth. He was one of those very few people that could connect the dots on all different subjects. He knew a lot about a lot.’’
Woods first met Bush when he was playing amateur golf in Houston, the home of the Bush family. He played a round of golf with the President back then and recalled it as one of the speed rounds President Bush was known to play.
