“That's the difference between golf and many other sports. You go to some other sporting events, they just leave you or give you the cold shoulder and move on.”

“Bahrain lies at the epicenter of Gulf security and any violent upheaval in Bahrain would have enormous geopolitical consequences. Global economic stability depends on the uninterrupted export of crude oil from the Gulf to markets around the world - a job that historically has been assigned to the U.”