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2 days ago · Jones first thought he could win all four events—the U.S. and British Opens and Amateurs—in 1926. He didn’t reveal his intentions, and took two that year. His only other chance was in 1930, when he went to the UK as part of the Walker Cup team, and won them all.
5 days ago · Fact #2: He Was the Subject of a Chart-Topping Song. In 1954, the R&B group the Treniers released a song entitled “Say Hey (the Willie Mays Song).”. The song came about because a press agent made a bet with a record industry executive that he could make a song about Willie a chart-topping hit.
5 days ago · Bobby Jones was an American amateur golfer who, in 1930, became the first man to achieve the golf Grand Slam by winning in a single year the four major tournaments of the time: the British Open (Open Championship), the U.S. Open, and the British and U.S. amateur championships.
5 days ago · By the mid 2000s, the Bobby Jones Golf Course was no longer the fitting tribute to its namesake that it was on opening day in 1932. Although it sat on prime real estate in the heart of Atlanta, the city’s oldest public golf course had become hopelessly run-down.
6 days ago · Named the Most Powerful Sports Agent in the World by Forbes magazine, Boras is a Sacramento native who played college baseball at the University of the Pacific, where he was team captain and earned...
1 day ago · Ben Alexander (1970–1992), Penrith Panthers NSWRL player. Mark Geyer (born 1967), Australian international, New South Wales representative, brother-in-law of Greg and Ben. Cameron King (born 1991), brother-in-law of Greg. Peter Shiels (born 1973), brother-in-law of Greg and Ben. cole geyer son of matt.
6 days ago · Jones finished his career at Emmanuel surpassing 3,000 career points and was named the NCAA DII Player of the Year by NABC and D2CAA. In his final two years with the Lions, Jones led NCAA DII in points per game (26.2) and total points.
