Down the Fairway
Autobiography
By: Bobby Jones
Date: 1927
Source: Jones, Robert T., Jr., and O.T. Keeler. Down the Fairway. New York: Blue Ribbon, 1927, 148–149.
About the Author: Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr. (1902–1971) was born in Atlanta of well-to-do parents and began playing golf with sawed-off clubs at age three. He received a law degree from Emory University in 1927 and, before his retirement from competitive golf in 1930, he won a remarkable string of major titles. He then returned to his legal career in Atlanta. He also took up other business interests, including the making of instructional golf films and designing courses.
Introduction
Golf was born in Scotland (although similar games were played at the same time in Holland and France) sometime in the thirteenth or fourteenth century, but it was officially recognized in the mid-1400s. It was slow to arrive...
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