Robert Tyre Jones also known as Bobby Jones. - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

In the 1920’s also known as the “Golden Age of Sport”, Jones took his place alongside such giants as Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Red Grange and Bill Tilden. He won the U.S. Open four times, the U.S. Amateurs five times, and the British Open three times. He was the first player to win both the U.S. and British Open championships in the same year (1926). He became the only player ever to win a recognized Grand Slam in golf (four major championships in a single year) when he won the U.S. and British Opens, and the U.S. and British Amateurs in 1930. During this span, he also finished second in three U.S. Opens, including twice in 36-hole playoffs by a stroke (1925 and 1928). He led Willie MacFarlane by four strokes with nine holes to go in 1925, but lost when he bogeyed the final hole. In the first round of that tournament, Jones called a penalty stroke on himself when his ball moved a fraction of an inch as his iron grazed the grass.

From 1922 to 1930, the Georgia gentleman dominated golf, birdieing his way into this country's heart by winning nine major championships. He was so popular that he was accorded a ticker-tape parade in New York -- before he won the final two legs of the Slam. While dominating the golf world, he earned his B.A. from Georgia School (now Institute) of Technology, another B.A. from Harvard, and his law degree from Emory.

Adding to the Jones myth was his retirement from competitive golf less than two months after completing the Slam. An amateur throughout his career, he retired from golf in 1930 to practice law. He was 28. Along with Alister McKenzie he designed the Augusta National Golf Course and founded the Masters there in 1934.

No one else has ever won a Slam (for years, the two major amateur tournaments have been replaced by the PGA Championship and the Masters founded by Jones).

Please stop by and visit “The Master”. There is a bench where you can stop and talk over your game with him. Others have come to visit and pay their respects by leaving golf balls by his grave. Be careful not to knock them off their tees (could cost you a penalty stroke).

Description: Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr. (March 17, 1902 – December 18, 1971), born in Atlanta, Georgia, was one of the greatest golfers who ever competed on a national and international level. Of particular note in Jones' case, he participated only as an amateur in a sport long dominated by professionals, competed primarily on a part-time basis, and retired from competition by personal choice at the age of 28. Jones was a child prodigy who won his first children's tournament at the age of six and made the third round of the U.S. Amateur Championship at fourteen. As a youth he struggled with his temperament, but he hit his stride in 1923, when he won his first U.S. Open. From that win at Inwood through his 1930 victory in the U.S. Amateur he won 13 Major Championships (as they were counted at that time) out of twenty attempts, ranking him behind only Jack Nicklaus' 20 wins and Tiger Woods' 15 wins (including their US Amateur championships). Jones was the first player to win The Double, both the US Open and The British Open in the same year (1926). He is still the only player ever to have won the Grand Slam, or all four major championships in the same year. He represented the United States in the Walker Cup five times, winning nine of his ten matches. He also won two other tournaments against professionals: the 1927 Southern Open and the 1930 Southeastern Open. Jones was a life-long member of the Atlanta Athletic Club. Jones is considered one of the five giants of the 1920's American sports scene, along with baseball's Babe Ruth, boxing's Jack Dempsey, American football's Red Grange, and tennis player Bill Tilden. He was the first recipient of the Amateur Athletic Union's James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States. Until John Glenn, he was the only person ever to receive two ticker-tape parades in New York City, the first in 1926 and the second in 1930. Jones is memoralized in Augusta, Georgia at the Golf Gardens and has the Bobby Jones Expressway, also known as Interstate 520, named for him. Date of birth: 03/17/1902 Date of death: 12/18/1971 Area of notoriety: Sports Marker Type: Monument Setting: Outdoor Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Cemetary is Open from Dawn to Dusk 365 days a year Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link]

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