Guest Essay
Kevin Phan4/29/10 P.3
Bobby Jones
Bobby Jones was one of the greatest golfers alive He is also the greatest part time golfer as well , since
he only played about three months out of each year. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia. His father
introduced him and inspired him to become a golfer. He entered his first golf tournament at the age of
six and won the competition. When he was young he had health issues, but he used golf to fight for his
health. He had starting golf training very young and he was coached by a man by the name of Stewart
Maiden. When Bobby Jones was touring during his golf , it was during the times of World War I , also
during those tours he would travel to Canada and Hamilton.
In his older years, Bobby Jones became more of a skilled golfer he won his first golf tournament at the
U.S Open and he started playing national tournaments by the age of 14. He soon became an amateur
and started competing in my tours. He won around 13 tourneys in 13 out of 20 tourneys. Bobby Jones is
the only person to ever win the Grand Slam and all four major tournaments. Bobby is also one of the 5
sport giants of the 1920’s such as Babe Ruth in baseball, Jack Dempsey in boxing , and etc.
Bobby’s life was very successful he had a B.S in mechanical engineering and earned it from Georgia
Tec, he was also on the golf team and was part of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Then he earned a
B.A in literature from Harvard University. He also went to law school in Emory University for one year
and passed the Georgia Bar Exam. He was soon drafted into World War II, he was soldier from the U.S
Air Force, soon then became a lieutenant colonel. Then right after World War II, he was give ground land
from graze cattle in Augusta National and built a golf course called Peachtree Golf Club.
In his even more later years, Bobby would be playing in Masters in golfing, but he had a health issue
come up, he would barely be able to play even tho, he still tried to participate in golf tourneys. Then he
eventually caught this rare disease called syringomyelia(a fluid-filled cavity in his spinal cord which
caused first pain, then paralysis), soon he wasn’t able to play golf any more since he had to be put into a wheelchair . Then he died in December 18, 1971.
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