| Bobby Jones  AKA Robert Tyre Jones, Jr.
Born: 17-Mar-1902
Birthplace: Atlanta, GA
Died: 18-Dec-1971
Location of death: Atlanta, GA
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Golf Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Winner of 13 major championships Lifelong amateur, considered by many to be the best golfer in history. He won the entire Grand Slam in 1930, the only person ever to do so in a single year. Notoriously, he called a penalty on himself causing his loss in a tournament. Over his career he won 13 major championships. Although he never took money from his golfing, Jones did receive tidy sums from making short instructional films (in excess of $250,000) and other endorsements. He founded the Augusta National Golf Club, out of which came the Masters Tournament. Late in life Jones suffered from the spinal disease syringomyelia, confined to a wheelchair. Father: Robert Purmedus Jones
Mother: Clara Thomas
Wife: Mary Malone (m. 1924, two daughters, one son)
Daughter: Clara Malone
Son: Robert Tyre III
Daughter: Mary Ellen
University: BS Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (1922)
University: BA English Literature, Harvard University (1924)
Law School: Emory University
Winner, US Open 1923
Winner, US Open 1926
Winner, British Open 1926
Winner, British Open 1927
Winner, US Open 1929
Winner, US Open 1930
Winner, British Open 1930
Sullivan Award 1930
Georgia Sports Hall of Fame 1964
Ticker-Tape Parade 2-Jul-1926
Ticker-Tape Parade 2-Jul-1930
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
Augusta National Golf Club President-in-Perpetuity
Author of books:
Down the Fairway (1927, memoir, with O. B. Keeler)
Golf Is My Game (1960, memoir)
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