Bobby Jones Gravesite
by Robert Wilder Jr
Title
Bobby Jones Gravesite
Artist
Robert Wilder Jr
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
was the most successful amateur golfer ever in both national and international tournaments and is considered by many to be one of the most influential characters in sports history. He helped design and founded the Augusta National Golf Club and was a co-founder of the Masters Torunament.
Jones was a lawyer which is why he only competed as an amateur and he retired from golf at age 28 though he continued to earn money from the sport as an instructor and designer of equipment. He did come out of retirement for a short time playing his last round of golf at the East Lake Golf Club in his hometown of Atlanta.
He started using the name “Bobby” so as not to be confused with Robert Trenton Jones, a golf course designer he sometimes worked with.
His final resting place is in Atlanta’s famed Oakland Cemetery. Many visitors to his grave leave golf balls, so many so that the staff clears them out every couple months so the grass on his grave does not die.
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June 9th, 2020
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