Definitely check out the pictures. And comments after. The one pic of people reaching to shake hands with GW is a snapshot of how so many people feel these days.

I think the sky writing was rude ( the Tiger one ).

The bad old days before the dems took over congress were the days when we had honor, integrity, and decency in the oval office.

Always loved GWB and still do!

Doesn't GHWB look amazing...... I believe he's 88. And GW, happy and relaxed. Honorable men both of them.

#1, I think the whole skywriting display was rude! How can anybody concentrate on a golf swing with five airplanes droning away at low altitude overhead?

Dittos and I miss W too.

Great Pics of both Presidents and Barbara too.

The skywriting is bad form. All of it.

Tiger was benched because he is playing terrible. He isn't getting it done. Both Bush presidents have class, something that is totally lacking in the current WH.

Michael Jordan looks ridiculous with that earring.

MM

By his own admission last week, in the six or so Ryder Cup competitions where he was a team member, he never made a contribution. That is over twelve years! Last time he was chosen over protests that his play was not up to snuff and that others deserved the slot more than he. But team captain Freddie Couples prevailed and he was there. And did precious little. Now we have him there again and doing precious little. We feel so sorry for his partner Steve Stricker, who is a fine player.

All of this said, Johnny Miller and little Jimmy Roberts and all the other fools at NBC continue to act as though Tiger is The Star of the Show. This is just plain wrong.

The coverage on Friday by ESPN was far superior. Time for NBC to either restaff its coverage team or make way for someone else to broadcast this event - and the other golf events they similarly mess up.

I have never known a golfer who would be so distracted by some skywriting, or even some planes, or someone coughing, or whatever, that it would ruin his game. Except maybe Tiger.

PS. GWB looked marvelous. We love his low-key attendance at events like this one. No fanfare, no red carpet, no trumpets, no fuss, no intimidating security presence. This classy man moves very graciously through the world, as does his wife.

The photo reveals that GWB was wearing the U.S. Ryder Cup team Saturday uniform!

Meanwhile Michael Jordan looks absurd in his geriatric ghetto getup.

The skywriting didn't seem to bother anyone, nor did the festive crowd which was more noisy than most. The only time we heard "Quiet" was when Tiger was about to putt. The other golfers didn't seem to require quiet to go about their business.

Tiger is past his prime, and just when you think he might possibly drop the diva bit and try being a regular guy, he doesn't. He keeps on keepin' on. And his golf is painful to watch.

We've had some superb golf, some painful golf, and some great "new" "ingredients" via the Ryder Cup format [all the more engaging because they are seen rarely, but that's good, as "team golf" with lesser players and less "at stake" would come so short of this contest!]. For me, it's been very entertaining and very interesting.

Low-key Davis Love, I think, is getting too little attention and credit.

Yes, Phelps and Jordan are Famous, and highly-accomplished in their own sports. But showing them in the crowd would basically be enough [for me, anyway]. The heavy breathing of the TV people, and the excessive TV time given them, is into get-a-room territory.

Jordan especially is a dissonant presence at Medinah. Speaking of -- can't TV spare a few minutes on The Shriners, and their good work? Hello?

Skywriting -- like the utterly moronic on-field "celebrations" [read: looka me!] of NFL players [that some broadcasts at least try not to air] after a tackle or sack [made a tackle, struck a pose? Got any idea how many tackles were made last season, jerk?], it's just attention-seeking. Don't give 'em airtime.

Woods like Clinton abused their wife.

Violated their public trust.

Both will rot in hell.

Presidents Bush [does one have to point out their work was many orders of magnitude more significant that Phelps and Jordan together?] were just "faces in the crowd." Reveals much about TV programmers failure to understand. I don't mean bias over Left-Right issues.

Woods sure has problems in his game, but it meant Stricker got to see parts of the course he would never have otherwise. I won't address Woods's off-course life.

Golf Channel, often better than the "Big Networks," embarrassed itself hugely last night. David Feherty, a naturalized American who clearly understands our exceptionalism, expressed a sense of perspective and appreciation for our military last night. The main-talking-head-host [who was ?] carried on like he never heard a word of it. Jerk.

Dual coverage by Golf Channel and the Big Networks [Ryder; British Open] shone light on the shortcomings of the BN princelings. There's a lot on which they are Clue Less. Clue. Less. And Tirico's et. al.'s several eighth-grade on-air "coverages" of the British starter's [or ?] bathroom schedule was as pointless and disgusting as it was revelatory of those princelings. Jerks.

Anyway -- good luck, Team USA.

#13 is right about Phelps and Jordan. We noticed early on that it seemed to be Michael Phelps Day at NBC Sports. Trying to turn him into a golfer.

Michael is a fine swimmer. He has the personality of a pet rock. And is not particularly attractive. I have low expectations for whatever they are trying to do with him. (It used to be that Wheaties boxes were enough.)

At least Jordan is a golfer. Has been for many years.

#15 is right, too.

ESPN did better than the now combined Golf Channel/NBC Sports. Their Friday broadcast was about the tournament, the players, the play. Action! How refreshing.

Re #13, on those end zone and elsewhere victory poses, they seem to go with just a certain category of player. Try as I may I cannot remember others doing that. If you get my drift.

Great pictures! Thanks for posting.

#43 still engenders admiration and affection, as well he should. Like most Conservatives I have had a fair share of disagreements with him (NCLB, for one) but never ever would I doubt his love for God and Country. Like Reagan, GWB exudes pleasure in serving.

Great to see as well that #41 looks great - healthy complexion, clear bright eyes - I hope he lives well for another decade.

Ramona (the Pest)

Rory McElroy seemed genuinely pleased to meet W, as was Tiger. Tiger's game has succumbed to age, and the "Tiger mystique" has evaporated, never to return. His opponents no longer feel defeated by his mere presence, and Jack's record of major wins is safe.

Tiger, by his own standards, has had a substandard year, with only three wins, tournament winnings only just now moving past $100 million, and a handful of top ten finishes, cuz he has not won a major, but he EARNED a Ryder Cup spot. Good thing we don't measure all golfers by his standards. For those who predicted several years ago he would never win again on tour, he has. Those now saying he'll never win another major to go along with the 14 he has earned need to remember Mickelson won his first of 4 at about the age Tiger is now.

Great tourney...enjoy!

#16, #17, #18: Thanks very much.

"Tiger Woods mocked by messages in the sky"? I see one in the story that refers to Tiger. Were there others?

I doubt many golfers are distracted by the planes. What did they expect after the Tiger Woods scandal and he became a sort of one-man freak show? Tiger did it all to himself.

The Daily Mail doing the Brit thing, taking the mickey out of Tiger. Turning the knife about his being benched, then getting another jab in about his well-known sensitivity to distractions, which are just about everything. A bird flying over, a sneeze, a camera shutter (who can hear a camera shutter at more than ten feet?), a leaf fluttering, a noisy cloud, etc., etc., etc. Almost anything can make Tigeroo stop dead an eyelash before hitting the ball.

the other fools at NBC and the Golf Channel are killing their ratings with their blind Tiger worship.

Michael Phelps on the Golf Channel at the Ryder Cup?

Promotion. (Nah, you're kidding!)

Michael Phelps may be retired from swimming, but the Olympian is ready to start a new career -- on the golf course!

The 22-time Olympic medalist will be appearing on Season 5 of the reality TV show "The Haney Project" in February 2013, the Golf Channel reports.

http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/michael-phelps-to-take-up-golf-on-new-reality-show-2012138

Golly. Their Neilsens should go through the roof. /s

Bush is aging well. I won't ever forgive him for not giving Scooter Libby a full pardon.