Bobby Jones Autograph
date: label: date made
content: 1930
name: label: Associated Name
content: Jones, Bobby
notes: label: Description
content: Autograph of Bobby Jones given to collector Ed Rowlands.
label: Description
content: Robert “Bobby” Jones (1902-1971) is considered one of the most influential figures in American sports. An attorney who competed as an amateur and retired at the age of 28, Jones made a significant impact a both a player and as a course designer. On the links, Jones’s remarkable career included a Grand Slam, winning all four of the era’s Major Golf tournaments in a single year (1930.) He would accumulate 4 US Open victories as well as 3 British Open titles in his brief career.
label: Description
content: Jones is also remembered for helping found the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, and establishing the club’s prestigious <i>Masters Tournament </i> first played in 1934.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Georgia, Augusta
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Golf
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: Subject
content: Autographs
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Edwin A. Rowlands
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0347.23
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0347.23
label: accession number
content: 1983.0347
objectType: label: Object Name
content: autograph, golf
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: adhesive (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30.5 cm x 20.2 cm; 12 in x 7 15/16 in