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67-634: Bobby Jones won the Birmingham Country Club Invitational at Highland Park in 1916 at the age of 14. Charlie Boswell shot an 81 on the course on Oct. 5, 1956. The course was renamed the Charlie Boswell Golf Course at Highland Park. Today, Boswell is honored by a plaque on the first tee box. Honors Golf took over the golf club and made course and course house improvements and changed the name back to Highland Park Golf Course. This golf club or course-related article

134-700: A Gentleman by Sidney L. Matthew, The Greatest Player Who Never Lived by J. Michael Veron, and Triumphant Journey: The Saga of Bobby Jones and the Grand Slam of Golf by Richard Miller. Published in 2006, The Grand Slam by Mark Frost has received much note as being evocative of Jones's life and times. Jones married Mary Rice Malone in 1924, whom he met in 1919 while a freshman at Georgia Tech. They had three children: Clara Malone, Robert Tyre III (1926–1973), and Mary Ellen (1931–1977). When he retired from golf at age 28, he concentrated on his Atlanta law practice. During World War II , Jones served as an officer in

201-410: A ball at rest after address, and took a 77 instead of the 76 he otherwise would have carded. Jones's self-imposed one-stroke penalty eventually cost him the win by a stroke in regulation, necessitating a playoff, which he then lost. Although praised by many sports writers for his gesture, Jones was reported to have said, "You might as well praise me for not robbing banks." A similar event occurred in

268-537: A bit later on. Jones successfully represented the United States for the first time, in two winning international amateur team matches against Canada, in 1919 and 1920, earning three of a possible four points in foursomes and singles play. In 1919 he traveled to Hamilton Golf and Country Club , for his first serious competitive action outside the U.S., while in 1920, Engineers Country Club , in Roslyn, Long Island , hosted

335-531: A front line division as a prisoner of war interrogator, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel . During the war, Jones permitted the U.S. Army to graze cattle on the grounds at Augusta National. In 1948, Jones was diagnosed with syringomyelia , a fluid-filled cavity in the spinal cord that causes crippling pain, then paralysis; he was eventually restricted to a wheelchair. He died in Atlanta on December 18, 1971, three days after converting to Catholicism . Jones

402-563: A national handicap system for golfers, conducts 14 national championships, including the U.S. Open , U.S. Women's Open and U.S. Senior Open , and tests golf equipment for conformity with regulations. The USGA and the USGA Museum are located in Liberty Corner, New Jersey . In 2024, the USGA moved its Testing Center from Liberty Corner, New Jersey to Pinehurst, North Carolina. The Testing Center

469-448: A national championship conducted by the USGA. In 2011, Sarah Hirshland became the senior managing director of business affairs for the USGA. In April 2018, she was promoted to chief commercial officer. She brought the USGA partnerships with major corporations and negotiated a billion-dollar deal with the Fox TV network . In August 2018, she left to become the 20th chief executive officer of

536-517: A national governing body, which would administer the championship and also the Rules of Golf for the country. On December 22, 1894, the Amateur Golf Association of the United States was officially formed, and was shortly thereafter renamed the "United States Golf Association". Theodore Havemeyer was the first president, and the U.S. Amateur trophy is named in his honor. The first U.S. Amateur

603-549: A private golf club where he and his friends could play golf in peace and quiet. For several years, he searched for a property near Atlanta where he could develop his own golf club. His friend Clifford Roberts , a New York City investment dealer, knowing of Jones's desire, became aware of a promising property for sale in Augusta, Georgia, where Jones's mother-in-law had grown up, and informed Jones about it. Jones first visited Fruitlands, an Augusta arboretum and indigo plantation since

670-498: A surviving print was located sixty years later and put into video format for preservation by Ely Callaway , a distant cousin of Jones's. All 18 shorts were subsequently preserved and released in a DVD collection by Warner Archive on November 6, 2012. They also air occasionally on Turner Classic Movies , usually in the space between features. Actors and actresses, mostly under contract with Warner Brothers, but also from other studios, volunteered to appear in these 18 episodes. Some of

737-445: A tie for a place Sources for U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur, British Open, 1921 British Amateur, 1926 British Amateur, 1930 British Amateur, and The Masters. Jones's four titles in the U.S. Open remain tied for the most ever in that championship, along with Willie Anderson , Ben Hogan , and Jack Nicklaus . His four-second-place finishes in the U.S. Open place him second all-time with Sam Snead and Nicklaus. Phil Mickelson holds

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804-586: A women's counterpart in 2018. Professional golf in the US is mainly run by the PGA Tour , the LPGA , and the PGA of America . However, the USGA organizes the 10 national amateur championships. The leading events are open to all age groups, but are usually won by golfers in their early twenties: There are two championships for players under age 19: And two for senior golfers: Because

871-475: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a sports venue in Alabama is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bobby Jones (golfer) Robert Tyre Jones Jr. (March 17, 1902 – December 18, 1971) was an American amateur golfer who was one of the most influential figures in the history of the sport; he was also a lawyer by profession. Jones founded and helped design

938-410: Is an annual fundraiser that supports research and education efforts. United States Golf Association The United States Golf Association ( USGA ) is the United States national association of golf courses , clubs and facilities and the governing body of golf for the U.S. and Mexico. Together with The R&A , the USGA produces and interprets the rules of golf . The USGA also provides

1005-472: Is said that Jones was so impressed by Cypress Point that he asked MacKenzie about his interest in the Augusta project, which was originally envisioned as a "golfing hotel resort" before he won the Grand Slam. Jones co-designed the Augusta National course with MacKenzie. The new club opened in early 1933 with the purpose of hosting golf tournaments. Jones had hoped the U.S Open could be played at Augusta, but

1072-434: Is something like a cage. First you are expected to get into it and then you are expected to stay there. But of course, nobody can stay there." Jones is most famous for his unique " Grand Slam ," consisting of his victory in all four major golf tournaments of his era (the open and amateur championships in both the U.S. and the U.K.) in a single calendar year (1930). In all Jones played in 31 majors, winning 13 and placing among

1139-404: Is the second golfer in history after John Ball to win those two tournaments in the same year. Jones is the only player ever to have won the (pre-Masters) Grand Slam , or all four major championships, in the same calendar year (1930). Jones's path to the 1930 Grand Slam title was: Jones made a bet on himself achieving this feat with British bookmakers early in 1930, before the first tournament of

1206-522: Is used for the fictional protagonist, Rannulph Junuh. Jones authored several books on golf including Down the Fairway with Oscar Bane "O.B." Keeler (1927), The Rights and Wrongs of Golf (1933), Golf Is My Game (1959), Bobby Jones on Golf (1966), and Bobby Jones on the Basic Golf Swing (1968) with illustrator Anthony Ravielli. The 300-copy limited edition of Down the Fairway is considered one of

1273-695: Is where all golf clubs and golf balls manufactured in the United States and Mexico are tested for conformance to the Rules of Golf.   The USGA was originally formed in 1894 to resolve the question of a national amateur championship. Earlier that year, the Newport Country Club and Saint Andrew's Golf Club , Yonkers , New York, both declared the winners of their tournaments the "national amateur champion." That autumn, delegates from Newport, St. Andrew's, The Country Club , Chicago Golf Club , and Shinnecock Hills Golf Club met in New York City to form

1340-601: The Augusta National Golf Club , and co-founded the Masters Tournament . The innovations that he introduced at the Masters have been copied by virtually every professional golf tournament in the world. Jones was the most successful amateur golfer ever to compete at a national and international level. During his peak from 1923 to 1930, he dominated top-level amateur competition, and competed very successfully against

1407-587: The British Amateur over The Old Course in 1930, and scored a double eagle 2 on the fourth hole (then a par-5, now a par-4), by holing a very long shot from a fairway bunker. In 1958, he was named a Freeman of the City of St Andrews, becoming only the second American to be so honored, the other being Benjamin Franklin in 1759. As Jones departed Younger Hall with his honor, the assembly spontaneously serenaded him off to

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1474-605: The U.S. Army Air Corps . His superiors wanted him to play exhibition golf in the United States, but Jones was insistent on serving overseas. In 1943 he was promoted to major and trained as an intelligence officer, serving in England with the 84th Fighter Wing, which was part of the Ninth Air Force . While in England, he made the acquaintance of General Dwight D. Eisenhower . Landing in Normandy on June 7, 1944, Jones spent two months with

1541-552: The United States Olympic Committee . The USGA organizes or co-organizes the following competitions: An "open" golf championship is one that both professionals and amateurs may enter. In practice, such events are always won by professionals nowadays. The two leading opens in the U.S. are: The last win by an amateur at the U.S. Open was 91 years ago in 1933 and an amateur has won the women's event only once, 57 years ago in 1967 . The USGA also conducts

1608-545: The next U.S. Open , played at the Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio . In the second round, after his opening round put him in second place, Jones was putting on the 15th green in the face of a strong wind. After grounding his putter during address to square up the club face, the ball rolled a half turn in the wind when Jones lifted the club head to place it behind the ball. Although no one else observed this movement of

1675-785: The Civil War era, in the spring of 1930, and he purchased it for $ 70,000 in 1931, with the plan to design a golf course on the site. Alister MacKenzie followed Jones at the 1927 Open Championship and presented him with an inscribed copy of his book Golf Architecture after his victory at the Old Course in St. Andrews. Two years later, Jones was in California for the 1929 U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach, which provided an opportunity to experience two courses designed by MacKenzie. Jones played in an exhibition at Pasatiempo and practice round at Cypress Point Club . It

1742-399: The Masters on an exhibition basis through 1948 . Jones played his last round of golf at East Lake Golf Club , his home course in Atlanta, on August 18, 1948. A picture commemorating the event now sits in the clubhouse at East Lake. Citing health reasons, he quit golf permanently thereafter. Jones suffered from a rare neurological condition called syringomyelia , which eventually robbed him of

1809-447: The Masters, although his scores were usually respectable. These were almost all ceremonial performances, since his main duty was as host of the event. His extraordinary popularity, efforts with the course design, and tournament organization boosted the profile of the Masters significantly. The tournament, jointly run by Jones and Clifford Roberts, made many important innovations that became the norm elsewhere, such as gallery ropes to control

1876-596: The Robert T. Jones Scholarship, is among the most unusual scholarships offered by any university. In September 1930, a month and a half after his final U.S. Amateur victory, Jones turned professional. Though he did not intend to earn money from playing golf in pro tournaments, Jones intended to make money from instructional films and books. According to USGA rules, only professionals were allowed to make money from golf in any form. In addition, Jones worked with J Victor East, an Australian of A.G. Spalding & Co. , to develop

1943-499: The Slam, at odds of 50–1, and collected over $ 60,000 when he did it. Jones represented the United States in the Walker Cup five times, winning nine of his 10 matches, and the U.S. won the trophy all five times. He served as playing captain of the U.S. team in 1928 and 1930. He also won two other tournaments against professionals: the 1927 Southern Open and the 1930 Southeastern Open. Jones

2010-483: The U.S. Amateur and U.S. Women's Amateur became increasingly dominated by future tournament professionals , two national championships were added in the 1980s for "career amateurs" who were 25 years of age & older: These team events were announced by the USGA in 2013 as the replacements for the discontinued Public Links championships and played for the first time in 2015. Both are contested by two-member teams in four-ball matches. Partners are not required to be from

2077-499: The U.S. Amateur, he won 13 major championships (as they were counted at the time) in 21 attempts. Jones was the first player to win "The Double", both the U.S. and British Open Championships in the same year (1926). He was the second (and last) to win the U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur in the same year (1930), first accomplished in 1916 by Chick Evans . Jones also won both the British Amateur and British Open Championships in 1930, and

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2144-555: The U.S. Senior Open for competitors 50 and over. This is one of the five majors recognized by the world's dominant tour for golfers 50 and over, PGA Tour Champions . The overwhelming majority of the competitors play regularly on this tour. Many of the remaining players compete on the European counterpart of PGA Tour Champions, the European Senior Tour , which recognizes the U.S. Senior Open as one of its three majors. The USGA added

2211-747: The United States and a joint team representing Great Britain and Ireland (in political terms, Ireland and the United Kingdom). Through its membership of the International Golf Federation the USGA is involved in the administration of the two "World Amateur Team Championships", which are played biennially in even-numbered years. There had been two events for "public-course" golfers, but the USGA announced in 2013 that both would be discontinued after their 2014 editions. Members of private golf clubs were excluded from these championships. Only nine golfers have won more than one USGA individual event in

2278-422: The ability to walk. He died of cardiovascular disease in 1971. Bobby Jones was often confused with the prolific golf course designer Robert Trent Jones , with whom he worked from time to time. "People always used to get them confused, so when they met, they decided each be called something different," Robert Trent Jones Jr. said. To help avoid confusion, the golfer was called "Bobby," and the golf course designer

2345-629: The ball either, again Jones called a penalty on himself, but this time Jones went on to win the tournament, the second of his four U.S. Open victories. Jones had a unique relationship with the town of St Andrews . On his first appearance on the Old Course in The Open Championship of 1921 , he withdrew after 11 holes in the third round, when he failed to complete the hole (in effect disqualifying himself), and tore up his scorecard, although he finished

2412-630: The course conditions were not suitable in the summer when the Open was played. Grantland Rice, editor of American Golfer , made the suggestion to hold a tournament for sports writers who were returning home after attending spring training in Florida. The tournament was held in March 1934. The new tournament, originally known as the Augusta National Invitational, was an immediate success and attracted most of

2479-415: The course with Robert Trent Jones . Open and amateur-only majors shown in bold . Defeated Bobby Cruickshank in an 18-hole playoff: Jones 76 (+4), Cruickshank 78 (+6). Defeated Al Espinosa in a 36-hole playoff: Jones 72–69=141 (−3), Espinosa 84–80=164 (+20). National Amateur championships were counted as majors at the time. Jones' actual major total using the standard in place in his lifetime

2546-585: The family of Bobby Jones (known as Jonesheirs, Inc.) for the use of the Bobby Jones name. In 2019 the family of Bobby Jones partnered with the Chiari & Syringomyelia Foundation to form the Bobby Jones Chiari & Syringomyelia Foundation (Bobby Jones CSF), a nonprofit which works to raise awareness of Chiari Malformation and syringomyelia and to search for a cure. The Bobby Jones Classic golf tournament

2613-476: The first set of matched steel-shafted clubs; the clubs sold very well and into the 1970s were still considered among the best-designed sets ever made. Jones played in the first dozen Masters, through 1948 , but only in the first as a contender. By then, his health at age 46 had declined to the stage where this was no longer possible. With his health difficulties, being past his prime, and not competing elsewhere to stay in tournament form, he never truly contended at

2680-428: The flow of the large crowds, many scoreboards around the course, the use of red / green numbers on those scoreboards to denote under / over par scores, an international field of top players, high-caliber television coverage, and week-long admission passes for patrons, which became extremely hard to obtain. The tournament also sought and welcomed feedback from players, fans, and writers, leading to continual improvement over

2747-450: The grass and caused a slight movement of the ball. He took the shot, then informed his playing partner Walter Hagen and the USGA official covering their match that he was calling a penalty on himself. Hagen was unable to talk him out of it, and they continued play. After the round and before he signed his scorecard, officials argued with Jones but he insisted that he had violated Rule 18, moving

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2814-673: The inaugural Georgia Amateur Championship conducted by the Georgia State Golf Association at the Capital City Club, in Brookhaven, at age 14. His victory at this event put him in the national spotlight for the first time. The Georgia Amateur win caught the eye of the United States Golf Association which awarded Jones his first invitation to the U.S. Amateur at Merion near Philadelphia . Jones advanced to

2881-488: The matches. Still a teenager, he was by far the youngest player in the series. Jones also played in the 1919 Canadian Open while in Hamilton, Ontario , performing very well to place tied for second, but 16 shots behind winner J. Douglas Edgar . Edgar had immigrated from England in 1919 to take a club professional's job in Atlanta at Druid Hills Golf Club ; Edgar mentored and played frequently with Jones from 1919 to 1921. Edgar

2948-426: The more well-known actors to appear in the instructional plots included James Cagney , Joe E. Brown , Edward G. Robinson , W.C. Fields , Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. , Richard Barthelmess , Richard Arlen , Guy Kibbee , Warner Oland and Loretta Young . Various scenarios involving the actors were used to provide an opportunity for Jones to convey a lesson about a particular part of the game. The shorts were directed by

3015-466: The original five clubs. There were 267 club members in 1910, and 1,138 clubs by 1932. Membership fell off during the Great Depression and World War II , but recovered by 1947. By 1980 there were over 5,000 clubs, and today membership exceeds 9,700. On September 17, 1956, Ann Gregory began competing in the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, thus becoming the first African-American woman to play in

3082-403: The price of a theater ticket." Jones indicated at the time of the making of the 1931 series that the films would be "designed as instructive" but not "so complicated that a non-golfer can't understand them." The films were popular, and Jones gave up his amateur status while earning lucrative contract money for this venture. These films were put into storage and were unavailable for decades, but

3149-456: The prolific George Marshall . How I Play Golf How To Break 90 Jones was the subject of the quasi-biographical 2004 feature film Bobby Jones: A Stroke of Genius in which he was portrayed by Jim Caviezel . The Jones legend was also used to create a supporting character in The Legend of Bagger Vance in 2000, portrayed by Joel Gretsch , and the event where he called his own penalty

3216-512: The quarterfinals in his first playing in the event. He was influenced by club professional Stewart Maiden , a native of Carnoustie , Scotland. Maiden was the professional at the Atlanta Athletic Club 's East Lake Golf Club , who also trained Alexa Stirling , the three-time winner of the U.S. Women's Amateur , who was five years older than Jones but also a prodigy at East Lake. Jones also received golf lessons from Willie Ogg when he

3283-420: The rarest and most sought-after golf books by collectors. To keep this book readily available to golfers, Herbert Warren Wind included a reproduction of Down the Fairway in his Classics of Golf Library. Jones has been the subject of several books, most notably The Bobby Jones Story and A Boy's Life of Bobby Jones , both by O.B. Keeler. Other notable texts are The Life and Times of Bobby Jones: Portrait of

3350-410: The record with six (1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2013) second-place finishes. His five titles in the U.S. Amateur are a record. Jones was ranked as the fourth greatest golfer of all time by Golf Digest magazine in 2000. Nicklaus was first, Hogan second, and Snead third. Jones was ranked as the third greatest golfer of all time in a major survey published by Golf Magazine , September 2009. Nicklaus

3417-526: The round and indeed played the fourth round as well. He firmly stated his dislike for The Old Course and the town reciprocated, saying in the press, "Master Bobby is just a boy, and an ordinary boy at that." Later, he came to love the Old Course and the town like few others. When he won the Open at the Old Course in 1927 , he wowed the crowd by asking that the trophy remain with his friends at the Royal and Ancient Golf Club rather than return with him to Atlanta. He won

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3484-562: The same club, political subdivision, or country. The USGA men's and women's state team championships were first conducted in 1995 as a part of the USGA's Centennial celebration. The two championships were conducted biennially in odd-numbered years through 2009. Since 2010, the men's championship has been conducted in even-numbered years and the women's championship in odd-numbered years. According to NCAA rules, college golfers are not eligible. The USGA, in cooperation with The R&A , co-organizes two biennial amateur team competitions between

3551-563: The same year: Six people have won three different USGA individual events in their careers: Fifty–two other people have won two different USGA individual events in their careers, and three have won USGA individual and team events: Note: Multiple winners of individual events can be found in that event's article. The USGA partnered with World Golf Tour in 2009 to co-host the first annual Virtual USGA Championship online. The Virtual U.S. Open attracted hundreds of thousands of players from more than 180 countries. The first-place winner took home

3618-575: The top ten finishers 27 times. After retiring from competitive golf in 1930, Jones founded and helped design the Augusta National Golf Club soon afterwards in 1933. He also co-founded the Masters Tournament, which has been annually staged by the club since 1934 (except for 1943–45, when it was canceled due to World War II ). The Masters evolved into one of golf's four major championships. Jones came out of retirement in 1934 to play in

3685-607: The traditional tune of Will Ye No Come Back Again? in a famously moving tribute. Today, a scholarship exchange bearing the Jones name exists between the University of St Andrews and Emory University , Queen's University , The University of Western Ontario and the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. At Emory, four students are sent to St Andrews for an all-expenses-paid year of study and travel. In return, Emory accepts four students from St Andrews each year. The program,

3752-461: The world's best professional golfers. Jones often beat stars such as Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen , the era's top pros. Jones earned his living mainly as a lawyer, and competed in golf only as an amateur, primarily on a part-time basis, and chose to retire from competition at age 28, though he earned significant money from golf after that, as an instructor and equipment designer. Explaining his decision to retire, Jones said, "It [championship golf]

3819-423: The world's top players right from its start. Jones came out of retirement to play, essentially on an exhibition basis, and his presence guaranteed enormous media attention, boosting the new tournament's fame. In 1939, the tournament was renamed The Masters. The Masters, one of the best-known golf tournaments, is part of the modern Grand Slam. Later, in 1947, he founded Peachtree Golf Club in Atlanta and co-designed

3886-528: The years. The Masters gradually evolved to being one of the most respected tournaments in the world, one of the four major championships. Following his retirement from competitive golf in 1930, and even in the years leading up to that, Jones had become one of the most famous sports figures in the world and was recognized virtually everywhere he went. While certainly appreciative of the enormous adulation and media coverage, this massive attention caused Jones to lose his privacy in golf circles, and he wished to create

3953-518: Was 13. The majors of Jones' time (those for which as an amateur he was eligible) were the U.S. and British Opens and Amateurs. Jones retired after his Grand Slam in 1930, playing only his own tournament, The Masters. As an amateur golfer, he was not eligible to compete in the PGA Championship . M = Medalist LA = Low amateur NT = No tournament WD = Withdrew R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which Jones lost in amateur match play "T" indicates

4020-669: Was a lifelong member of the Atlanta Athletic Club (at the club's original site, now the East Lake Golf Club ), and the Capital City Club in Atlanta. In the first round of the 1925 U.S. Open at the Worcester Country Club near Boston, his approach shot to the 11th hole's elevated green fell short into the deep rough of the embankment. As he took his stance to pitch onto the green, the head of his club brushed

4087-966: Was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity , and the Georgia Phi chapter house at Georgia Tech is named in his honor. He then earned an A.B. in English Literature from Harvard College in 1924, where he was a member of the Owl Club . In 1926 he entered Emory University School of Law and became a member of Phi Delta Phi . After only three semesters he passed the Georgia bar exam and subsequently joined his father's law firm, Jones, Evins, Moore and Howell, (predecessor to Alston & Bird ), in Atlanta, Georgia. As an adult, he hit his stride and won his first U.S. Open in 1923 . From that win at New York's Inwood Country Club , through his 1930 victory in

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4154-636: Was baptized on his deathbed by Monsignor John D. Stapleton, rector of the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta, and attended by the Jones family was buried in Atlanta's historic Oakland Cemetery . His widow Mary died less than four years later in 1975 at age 72, following the death of their son, Robert T. Jones III, of a heart attack in 1973 at age 47. Founded in 2013, Jones Global Sports designs, develops, and sells apparel, accessories and golf equipment. The company has an exclusive, worldwide license agreement with

4221-533: Was called "Trent." Jones was born on March 17, 1902, in Atlanta , Georgia . He battled health issues as a young boy, and golf was prescribed to strengthen him. Encouraged by his father, "Colonel" Robert Purmedus Jones, an Atlanta lawyer, Jones loved golf from the start. He developed quickly into a child prodigy who won his first children's tournament at the age of six at his home course at East Lake Golf Club . In 1916, Jones won his first major golf event when he claimed

4288-545: Was credited by Jones with helping develop his game significantly. Jones qualified for his first U.S. Open at age 18 in 1920 , and was paired with the legendary Harry Vardon for the first two rounds. He won the Southern Amateur three times: 1917, 1920, and 1922. Jones earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1922 and played for the varsity golf team, lettering all four years. Jones

4355-531: Was held in 1895 at the Newport Country Club, with Charles B. Macdonald (who was runner-up at both of the previous year's tournaments) winning the championship. The first U.S. Open was held the following day, almost as an afterthought. It was not until 1898 that the two events were held at separate clubs. Today, the USGA administers 14 separate national championships, ten of which are expressly for amateurs. The USGA gradually expanded its membership from

4422-514: Was in his teenage years. Jones played frequently with his father, a skilled golfer himself. The younger Jones sometimes battled his own temper on the course, but later controlled his emotions as he became more experienced. Jones toured the U.S. during World War I from 1917 to 1918, playing exhibition matches before large crowds, often with Alexa Stirling and Perry Adair , to generate income for war relief. Playing in front of such crowds in these matches helped him, as he moved into national competition

4489-425: Was ranked first, with Tiger Woods second, Hogan fourth, and Snead fifth. Jones appeared in a series of short instructional films produced by Warner Brothers in 1931 titled How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones (12 films) and in 1933 titled How to Break 90 (six films). The shorts were designed to be shown in theaters alongside feature films, whereby "would-be golfers of the country can have the Jones' instruction for

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