Bobby Jones Vintage Autograph 1930 Grand Slam Golf Champion

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Bobby Jones Vintage Autograph 1930 Grand Slam Golf Champion

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This piece commemorates the greatest accomplishment in the history of golf – Bobby Jones 1930 Grand Slam. This vintage (circa 1930) autograph is featured with the famous photograph of Gene Homans conceding to Jones on the 11th green of Merion Golf Club – home of the final leg of Jones’ historic Grand Slam – the US Amateur. The scorecard is an exact duplication of the original, which is housed at the USGA golf museum in Far Hills, NJ. Prior to golf's competitive season of 1930, Bobby Jones' list of accomplishments had already reached a level that would have forever etched his name among the greatest to ever play the game. His impressive collection of tournament victories included nine national championships-three U.S. Open, four U.S. Amateur and two British Open victories. Perhaps even more impressive was the fact that Jones had put together such a record as an amateur player. So, to those following the game of golf entering the 1930 season, it would have seemed there was nothing more the great Bobby Jones could do that he had not already done. With seemingly no more mountains to climb, Jones set his sights on the unthinkable. Confiding in no one, Jones made plans to win all four major championships-the British Open, British Amateur, U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur championships-in one season. Later, when asked if he had started the year expecting to win all four, Jones responded, "I felt reluctant to admit that I considered myself capable of such an accomplishment…actually, I did make plans for that golfing year with precisely this end in view." Most winters, Jones hung up his clubs. But in 1930, Jones worked hard to stay in shape for the upcoming season. Wanting to ensure he was in top physical condition, Jones played a game called "Doug," a cross between paddle tennis and badminton, invented by his friend Douglas Fairbanks. In the spring, Jones competed in the Savannah and Southeastern Open tournaments as a tune up for the British and American championships. After winning the British Amateur and the Open Championship – Jones headed home to compete and win the US Open – that only left the Amateur Championship. Played on Merion’s famous East Course -- Jones' opponent in the finals, Gene Homans, played poorly the first 18 holes and Jones himself struggled on the front nine. But after a 33 on the back, Jones went into the clubhouse leading by seven. Back on the course, Jones hit two perfect shots on the 11th hole, leaving himself with a ten-inch putt. Homans faced an 18-foot putt to keep the match alive. Before his ball stopped rolling, Homans walked over to Jones, shook his hand, and conceded the match. Jones never putted. The largest gallery in USGA history-some 18,000 strong-erupted instantly, storming the green in an effort to get close to the greatest champion golf had ever seen. Although the clubhouse was just six hundred yards away, it took a cordon of fifty marines to escort Jones that short distance. The New York Times would call it, "the most triumphant journey that any man ever traveled in sport." Bobby Jones had accomplished a feat that had seemed unthinkable, unimaginable, and which would never again be duplicated-he had captured the Open and Amateur Championships of the United States and Great Britain all in the same year. When Bobby Jones won all four majors in 1930, the sports world searched for ways to capture the magnitude of his accomplishment. Up to that time, there was no term to describe such a feat because no one had thought it possible. The Atlanta Journal's O.B. Keeler dubbed it the "Grand Slam," borrowing a bridge term. George Trevor of the New York Sun wrote that Jones had "stormed the impregnable quadrilateral of golf." Keeler would later write the words that would forever be linked to one of the greatest individual accomplishments in the history of sports: This victory, the fourth major title in the same season and in the space of four months, had now and for all time entrenched Bobby Jones safely within the "Impregnable Quadrilateral of Golf", that granite fortress that he alone could take by escalade, and that others may attack in vain, forever.

Dimensions:
Height: 25.5 in (64.77 cm)Width: 30 in (76.2 cm)Depth: 2.5 in (6.35 cm)
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
1930-1939
Date of Manufacture:
1920-1940
Condition:
Seller Location:
Colorado Springs, CO
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU90971189540