Bobby Jones was regarded as the greatest golfer of his era and for many years, was held in regard as the game’s greatest player of all time. He may have been surpassed by Jack Nicklaus in the eyes of many fans, but there’s no disputing that Jones’ career ranks up there among the best. His 13 majors rank third all-time and considering that he won them all within a short span of only eight years, he put together one of the most dominant stretches that golf has ever seen.
Bobby Jones will forever be linked with America’s most famous golf course – Augusta National, home of the Masters tournament. But unlike other golfers, Jones isn’t famous for his actual play the course. Jones link to Augusta comes in the fact that he helped to create it.
When Jones retired at a young age from the game of golf in 1930, he left the game on top winning all of that season’s major championships. But the game never really left him and after Jones retired, he long desired to design a professional golf course. Jones was born in Atlanta, Georgia and retired before the age of 30. After moving back to his home state of Georgia, he bought some available land and co-designed the now famous course, which opened for play in 1933. Jones also served as a co-founder of the Masters tournament, which began the following year. In the beginning, it was first named the Augusta National Invitational.
Jones himself came out of his own retirement from golf and ended up participating in the tournament every year that it was held up until 1948 when his health eventually forced him to decline participation. He never had the type of success that many of his fans had hoped for, though.
After winning all four of golf’s major tournaments in 1930 (the United States Open, the British Open, the United States Amateur Tournament and the British Amateur Tournament), it was hoped that he could compete for a Masters tournament win. Jones never really even came close to fulfilling that and his best finish came in the first year the tournament was held when he finished in a tie for 13th place. Jones, in declining health, would never again finish in the tournament’s top 15 and have only one other finish in the top 20.
Jones’ amazing legacy lives on to this day in Augusta. Following his death in 1971 at the age of 69, he was memorialized in Augusta at the Golf Gardens. The Bobby Jones Expressway in the area is also named for him.
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