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Golf-Yang wins cheers and chat with President Bush

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Yang, who was ranked 110th entering the PGA, said he stopped by his clubmakers, TaylorMade, and was given a tour of headquarters. When he went over to the production line, workers recognised him and started chanting, “Y.E., Y.E.

“I felt like a rock star. And I thought that was a very eerie feeling, and it was great.

“But to top that off, they had a golf course right adjacent to that place, and I went over there and actually met George W. Bush,” he said.

“He came up to me very casually, like a next door neighbor, started talking with me. He talked about how he actually had a speech two weeks before that occasion where he went over to Jeju Island, my (South Korea) hometown, and gave a speech.

“So he talked about that, talked about what a coincidence it was, and he talked about how good friends and buddies that he was with Korea’s current president, Mr. Lee (Lee Myung-bak) and he talked about Mr. Lee’s humble past, etc.

“He introduced myself to a lot of his friends over there, including his golf coach, and took a lot of pictures. He asked me whether it was really nerve-racking to play with Tiger for 18 holes, especially on the 18th hole.

“He said it must have been less nerve-racking than his eight years in office.”

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