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Alex Elias  2013 Walker Cup (USGA/ John Mummert) George Herbert Walker, maternal grandfather of President George H.W. Bush and great-grandfather of President George W. Bush, was the President of the United States Golf Association (USGA) in 1920. In 1922, Walker was the driving force behind the inaugural Walker Cup (a biennial amateur golf match contested by 10-man teams from the United States of America and Great Britain & Ireland) at National Golf Links of America.
Although Walker's profound impact is the most noteworthy of the lineage, George H.W. Bush's grandfather, Samuel Prescott Bush, was one of the four founding members of Scioto Country Club and his father, Prescott Samuel Bush was a member of the Yale University golf team and a one-time USGA president (1935). Remarkably, even with his relatives' many historic achievements, George H.W. Bush is the only member of the Bush family to have been named the recipient of the Bob Jones Award (2008), the highest honor bestowed by the USGA, as well been inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame (2011). As golf has always been a central pillar of the Bush family, two notable clubs were at the forefront of George and Barbara Bush's marriage. First, in 1941, 18-year-old George H.W. Bush met 16-year old Barbara Pierce at Round Hill Club. Then, in 1945, the two were married at the First Presbyterian Church in Rye, New York, followed by a reception at Apawamis Club. It was at Cape Arundel Golf Club that George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush learned the game. Today, the Clubhouse is named "41 House" in honor of the 41st President of the United States, and the Club’s Practice & Teaching Facility is named "43 House" in honor of the 43rd President of the United States.
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