Who is Bobby Jones?
Robert (Bob) Tyre Jones, Jr., was born on St. Patrick’s Day, 1902, in Atlanta, Georgia. The amateur golfer Bob Jones dominated the game of golf from the early 1920’s through 1930. From 1923 through 1930, Jones won 13 of 21 major championships he entered. His record includes five United States Amateur Championships, one British Amateur Championship, four U.S. Open Championships and three British Open Championships. In 1926 he was the first man ever to win the Open Championship of both countries in the same year. In 1930, Jones won the British Amateur on the Old Course at St. Andrews, the British Open at Royal Liverpool in Hoylake, England, the U.S. Open at Interlachen Country Club in Minneapolis and the U.S. Amateur at Merion to capture golf’s Grand Slam. In 11 of the last 12 Open championships he played, nine U.S. Opens and three British, he finished first or second. At the age of 28, Jones retired from competitive golf except for playing yearly at the Masters. Academically Jones was e
