Bobby Jones
Awards And Accomplishments
| Winning all four major championships-the U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur, British Open, and British Amateur-was known as the Grand Slam. Today the Grand Slam consists of the Masters Tournament, the Professional Golfer's Associ-ation (PGA) Tournament, the U.S. Open Championship, and the British Open Championship. | |
| St. Andrews, Scotland, is home of the Old Course, said to be the founding place of golf. | |
| 1911 | East Lake (Georgia) Junior Championship, at age 9 |
| 1916 | Georgia State Amateur Championship; qualified in National Amateur Championship |
| 1917 | Southern Amateur Championship |
| 1919 | Runner-up, Southern Open Championship; runner-up, Canadian Open Championship; runner-up, National Amateur Championship |
| 1920 | Southern Amateur Championship; tied for eighth place in National Open; National Amateur Championship, medalist |
| 1922 | Southern Amateur Championship; tied for second place in National Open Championship |
| 1923 | Won National Open Championship after play-off; National Amateur Championship, medalist after play-off |
| 1924 | National Amateur Championship; National Open Championship, second place |
| 1925 | National Amateur Championship; National Open Championship, second place after play-off |
| 1926 | British Open Championship; U.S. Open Championship; U.S. Amateur Championship, medalist and runner-up |
| 1927 | British Open, won with new record score of 285; U.S. Amateur Championship, medalist and winner |
| 1928 | National Amateur Championship; U.S. Open Championship, second place after play-off |
| 1929 | Won National Open Championship in play-off; National Amateur Championship, co-medalist with Gene Homans |
| 1930 | Savannah Open Tournament, second place; won Southeastern Open; Golf Illustrated Gold Vase Tournament; British Amateur Championship; British Open Championship; U.S. Amateur Championship; U.S. Open Championship |
| 1950 | Associated Press poll judged Jones's Grand Slam "the Supreme Athletic Achievement of the Century" |
| 1955 | U.S. Golf Association's highest honor named the Bob Jones Award |
| 1958 | Received Freedom of the City and Royal Burgh of St. Andrews at St. Andrews, Scotland |
| 1966 | Named president in perpetuity of the Augusta National Golf Club |
| 1972 | Inducted into the Southern Golf Hall of Fame; 10th hole at Old Course, St. Andrews, Scotland, named in his honor. |
| 1974 | Inducted into World Golf Hall of Fame |
| 1989 | Inducted into Georgia Hall of Fame, Augusta |
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Famous Sports StarsGolfBobby Jones Biography - Child Prodigy, Winning Streak, Personal Style, Contribution To The Game, Augusta National Golf Club And Final Years