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Boom and they enjoyed it but he wanted to do it fast and he would concentrate and it is a good golf shot. it was a form of relaxation and a challenge and he would tell me how much he can learn about other people by playing golf. they were really slow. didn't get an invitation back again, i was honored in 1999 at the country club, we were televising the ryder cup. to support the ben crenshaw in texas. and barbara bush walked up to me and said why are you always

Back to the golf course, and to hand him a pair of presidential cufflinks. what a remarkable amazing man. and he was so touched and loved the fact arnold palmer told him he had been a great contributor to the game of golf. not everybody liked jack nicholas on display for hours upon hours upon hours and president bush loved the fact that arnold palmer called him. >> bret baer. you are right, the bushes play fast. brit hume used to play with him a lot in maine but they move on the golf course. >> they did and it was boom boom

Golf, a terrific fan of the game of golf and i would interview him at ryder cup sent presidents cups, his father, george herbert washer -- walker created the ryder cup. and got to see him play golf in 1995, president clinton and president ford, they joined bob hope and he won that day, shot in 92. and on the 14th t, hit the woman in the rear end. and president ford was so excited that bob hope made a living, how many times president

>> this is a sports family. we talked about golf, baseball, hw bush's prolific baseball career in college, george w. bush owns a baseball team. there was pride in sports. it meant a lot to them. did you get a sense about these moments throwing out the first pitch, flipping the coin at the super bowl, how much these things meant to him? >> mental not a lot. i remember talking to him at the final four in houston and he was a great friend, such a mentor and confidant with jim nancy, the sportscaster from cbs who wrote about him extensively in his book and countless hours and days together and he ...

That happened to this country, but his base represents about 30% to 35% of the country. the rest of the country hears that and says please stop. we're tired of hearing you congratulate yourself. when you go to norms, most presidents by this time in their term have on thanksgiving day and on holidays done some sort of service event. they have gone and seen the troops. the president has been in florida playing golf. that's his right -- >> he did go see the coast guard and had the teleconference with the troops that we talked about. go ahead. >> right, and he lectured the troops on the ninth circ...