Tiger recalls his times with Bush

– Tiger Woods recalled George HW Bush as a passionate golfer and a “class act,” as many across the sports world mourned the death of the 41st US president.

“I met Mr President back when I was an amateur, back when we were practicing in Houston,” 14-time Major champion Woods said at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas, where many in the field remembered Bush with the number “41” on their caps.

“I met him on numerous occasions. He was fantastic to be around. He was just one of the smartest people I’ve ever been around, and so down to earth,” said Woods, who played a number of rounds with Bush while in Houston and at the Lochinvar Golf Club, just a short distance from George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

“Anyone who’s been around him knows how much he loved his golf,” Woods said. –