Bobby Jones

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Robert Tyre Jones Jr. 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.Born: 17 March 1902, Atlanta, Georgia, United States Died: 18 December 1971, Atlanta, Georgia, United States Spouse: Mary Rice Malone (m. 1924–1971) Children: Robert Tyre Jones III, Clara Jones, Mary Ellen Jones

Putting

Bad putting is due more to the effect the green has upon the player than it has upon the action of the ball.

Philosophy and Advice

Golf is a game that is played on a five-inch course – the distance between your ears.

Rules and Officials

Golf is assuredly a mystifying game. It would seem that if a person has hit a golf ball correctly a thousand times, he should...

Philosophy and Advice

Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad...

Philosophy and Advice

Golf is the one game I know which becomes more and more difficult the longer one plays it

Philosophy and Advice

In order to win, you must play your best golf when you need it most, and play your sloppy stuff when you can afford...

Philosophy and Advice

It is nothing new or original to say that golf is played one stroke at a time. But it took me many years to...

Philosophy and Advice

One reason golf is such an exasperating game is that a thing we learned is so easily forgotten, and we find ourselves struggling year...

The Swing

Rhythm and timing are the two things which we all must have, yet no one knows how to teach either

The Swing

The moment the average golfer attempts to play from long grass or a bunker or from a difficult lie of any kind, he becomes...

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In golf your strengths and weaknesses will always be there. If you could improve your weaknesses, you would improve your game. The irony is...

Winning and Losing

I learned how to win by losing and not liking it

Philosophy and Advice

Golf is a compromise between what your ego wants you to do, what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you...

Character and the Mind

Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you

Friendly Matches

I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games

Bobby Jones

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In golf your strengths and weaknesses will always be there. If you could improve your weaknesses, you would improve your game. The irony is...

I learned how to win by losing and not liking it

Golf is a compromise between what your ego wants you to do, what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you...

Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you

I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games

Worth a Smile

My golf game’s gone off so much that when I went fishing a couple of weeks ago my first cast missed the lake 4.8...

Golf like measles should be caught young 4.8 (45)

Caddies are a breed of their own. If you shoot 66, they say, “Man, we shot 66!” But go out and shoot 77, and...

They call it golf because all the other four letter words were taken 4.8 (45)

Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character. 4.8 (45)

Golfing life

Whoever said “Practice makes perfect” obviously never played golf 4.8 (45)

Real golfers don’t cry when they line up their fourth putt 4.8 (45)

To lose one’s temper at golf is foolish. It gets you nothing, not even relief. 4.8 (45)

If you think it’s hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball 4.8 (45)

You’ve just one problem. You stand too close to the ball after you’ve hit it. 4.8 (45)

Inspirational

The worse you’re performing, the more you must work mentally and emotionally. The greatest and toughest art in golf is playing badly well. All...

I learned how to win by losing and not liking it 4.8 (45)

Never give up. If we give up in this game, we’ll give up on life. If you give up that first time, it’s easier...

To find a man’s true character, play golf with him 4.8 (45)

It is not mere technical skill that makes a man a golfer, it is the golfing soul. 4.8 (45)

The Golf Swing

Golf is like a chain. You always have to work on the weakest links. 4.8 (45)

Golf is the one game I know which becomes more and more difficult the longer one plays it 4.8 (45)

The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball 4.8 (45)

Missing a short putt does not mean you have to hit your next drive out of bounds 4.8 (45)

Golfers have analyzed the game in order to find the secret. There is no secret. 4.8 (45)

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