Bobby Jones
May 3, 2010 by Admin · Leave a Comment
photo credit: dan taylor Robert Tyre Jones was born on St. Patrick's Day, 1902 in Atlanta, Georgia. His record is one of the greatest in all of golf: 23 tournament victories, including four in the US Open, three in The British Open, five in the US Amateur and one in The British Amateur.
At 12, with the help of his mentor Jimmy Maiden, Jones began shooting rounds in the 70s. By age 14 he had won the Georgia State Open which was followed by the Southern Amateur Championship. At the age of 21 he won his first US Open Championship. Jones completely dominated the sport for seven years until he suddenly retired in 1930. In his last year of play he won all four Majors (the Grand Slam) which is unequaled.
