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He also co-founded the Masters Tournament, ... Bobby Jones was often confused with the prolific golf course designer Robert Trent Jones, with whom he worked from time ...
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.
Amateur golf champion Bobby Jones and investment banker Clifford Roberts founded the Masters Tournament. [4] After his grand slam in 1930, Jones acquired the former plant nursery and co-designed Augusta National with course architect Alister MacKenzie. [1]
Augusta National and Masters Tournament co-founder Bobby Jones, perhaps the greatest amateur golfer of all time, was born on St. Patrick's Day.
This tournament also marked the return of Bobby Jones from retirement. [3] Horton Smith won the event with a 20-foot (6 m) birdie putt at the 17th hole (now the 8th hole), and finished at 284 (−4), one stroke ahead of runner-up Craig Wood. (The current nines were reversed in 1934, switched to the current configuration prior to the 1935 event.)
Founded by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts, the course was designed by Jones and Alister MacKenzie [3] and opened for play in 1932. [5] Since 1934, the club has played host to the annual Masters Tournament , one of the four men's major championships in professional golf , and the only major played each year at the same course.
The 1935 Masters Tournament was the second ... Tournament co-founder and host Bobby Jones finished at 297, fifteen strokes back in a tie for 25th place. The purse was ...
Bobby Jones, 19, played at St Andrews and the Open for the first time, and was the low amateur after 36 holes. He withdrew in the third round after taking four shots to get out of a bunker at the 11th.