President George Bush paid guest to the winning US Ryder Cup team last Monday. For captain Paul Azinger it wasn’t his first visit to the White House, he had met the President previously, along with President Clinton. However this trip, with teammates, officials, and wives was his favorite.

“The President really shared from his heart about what being the president is like, and it didn’t feel canned or anything. He just spoke from his heart.”

Stewart Cink had a less happy experience during a previous visit to the White House in 2005.

“The last time was a receiving line with the President: ‘Nice to meet you. Where are you from? Alabama. Next,’” Cink said.

This time the players and their wives were taken on a tour of the White House then lunched with senior staff members in the Old Executive Office Building. They came back to the White House in the afternoon to meet with the President in the Oval Office.

President Bush didn’t bring up golf, which was fine with the players, who have digested every moment of their nail-biting win over the Europeans to the press. And they were careful not to mention politics.

For a full rundown of what these folks did discuss, read about it on the Ryder Cup’s own website.

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