Bobby Jones

Bobby Jones, full name Robert Tyre Jones Jr., was an American amateur golfer born in 1902 who worked as a lawyer and played tournament golf only part time. He dominated top level amateur competition between 1923 and 1930 and held his own against the leading professionals of his day. In 1930 he won all four major tournaments of his era, the open and amateur championships of both the United States and Britain, in a single year, and then retired from competition at the age of 28. He played 31 majors and won 13 of them. He later founded and helped design Augusta National Golf Club and co-founded the Masters Tournament, first held in 1934, and he played in it on an exhibition basis until 1948. He died in 1971.