The Grand Slam
August 11, 2010 by Admin
photo credit: D.Hilgart It was 1930 when the term “Grand Slam” was coined by sports-writer O.B. Keeler. The term described winning the British Amateur, British Open, U.S. Open and the U.S. Amateur Championship by Bobby Jones in the same year.
Bob Drum, another sports-writer, revived the term to include the PGA Tournament and the Masters Championship. The U.S. Amateur and the British Amateur tournaments were excluded.
Since Bobby Jones, there have only been five players to achieve the slam, Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. None have done it in a single season.
Winning these four prestigious tournaments in the same year is a monumental feat that may very well be the epitome of achievement in all of sports.
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