But Obama's Republican predecessor, George W. Bush, said presidents should play golf because they need to relax. In an interview on the Golf Channel, Bush said Obama "ought to play golf" when he can.

George H.W. Bush, who died earlier this week at 94, was not a particularly skilled golfer. But he was a gent, and that's why he'll be remembered in golf history.

Former President George W. Bush isn't interested in playing golf at any of former President Donald Trump's properties.. Bush, a Republican who served as president from 2001 until 2009, appeared ...

Sept. 27, 2013— -- Former President George W. Bush kicks off the third annual Warrior Open golf tournament that features 24 wounded combat veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. The annual event ...

Former President George W. Bush, who quit playing golf shortly after the Iraq war began in 2003, said critics of President Obama's zeal for the sport are off-base.

George H.W. Bush’s ties with golf ran deep. His grandfather, George H. Walker, after whom the Walker Cup was named, was a former USGA president. President Bush was inducted into the World Golf ...

Obama does play a lot of golf, but it's hardly excessive. In his first nine months as president, he teed it up more times than George W. Bush did in his entire two terms in office.

So you can understand how President Bush No. 41 would be immersed in the game, and how he would hand down a love of the game to his son, George W. Bush, the 43rd president.

Bush, 74, is the third president to be honored with the award, following his father, former President George H.W. Bush, in 1994. Before that, former President Gerald Ford was the Ambassador of ...

George H.W. Bush, 1924-2018: Golf loses one of its greatest advocates ...