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Robert Tyre Jones Jr. (March 17, 1902 – December 18, 1971) was an American amateur golfer who was one of the most influential figures in the history of the sport; he was also a lawyer by profession. Jones founded and helped design the Augusta National Golf Club, and co-founded the Masters Tournament. The innovations that he introduced at the ...
Augustus Jones was born to Ebenezer Jones, a Welsh immigrant, [1] around 1757, [2] likely in Dutchess County of the Province of New York. In his youth, he trained as a land surveyor in New York City. [3] Jones worked for some years across New York, and his name appears in paperwork for land transfers in Newburgh, New York, in 1783 and 1784.
Augusta National was founded in 1932 by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts on the 365-acre site of a former nursery/antebellum plantation called Fruitland (later Fruitlands). [9] Jones sought to create a world-class winter golf course in his native state of Georgia.
The 1934 Masters Tournament was the first Masters Tournament, held March 22–25 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, United States.It was officially known as the "Augusta National Invitation Tournament" for its first five editions, but informally as the Masters from the start.
A convicted felon was recently arrested in connection to a fatal shooting on Nov. 11 in the downtown Augusta area. Anthony Orlando Jones, 33, of Augusta, is charged with murder, felony home ...
The Augusta Country Club (ACC) is a country club and golf course in Augusta, Georgia.It is located immediately adjacent to the more famous Augusta National Golf Club (ANGC). [1] [2] It also borders on the Sands Hill Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic African-American community.
Jones joined Martin Luther King Jr. in 1961, splitting from conservative Baptist churches and forming the Progressive National Baptist Convention. He was known for being an outspoken and prophetic critic. In the 1960s, Al Sharpton, a Pentecostal minister at the time, was introduced to Jones. F. D. Washington. Jones became a mentor to Sharpton ...
In 1932, Roberts and Bobby Jones co-founded the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.Roberts served as chairman of the club from 1931 through 1976. [5]Two years after its foundation, in 1934, Roberts and Jones started the Masters Tournament (played annually at Augusta National), personally extending invitations to the tournament.