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Bobby jones, america, and the story of golf authors. Rights and wrongs of golf paperback or softback by jones, bob and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Bobby jones on golf is a distillation of all that he learned about playing golf over more than half a century of devotion to amateur competition. A lawyer by profession, he was the most successful amateur golfer to ever compete nationally and internationally, more about robert tyre jones. As price writes, bobby jones on golf, is not meant to be a book to be read at one sitting if you can help it. The words of bobby jones, illustrated with footage of the players competing this week. Keeler 1927, the rights and wrongs of golf 1933, golf is my game 1959, bobby jones on golf 1966, and bobby jones on the basic golf swing 1968 with illustrator anthony ravielli. Best of bobby jones on golf 2004, paperback for sale. Catch lively interviews with writers, journalists, sports figures and stars like julie inkster, bob rosburg, ira miller, art spander, tom spencer, dr. Joness earliest work is golf clubs as bird sanctuaries, published circa 1920. Bobby jones on golf by bobby jones paperback, 1992 for sale. Heres an exclusive look at some of those treasured items.
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Bobby jones 1 19021971 american golfer although he retired from competitive golf in 1930, at age twentyeight, bobby jones 2 is widely regarded as the greatest golfer of all time. Compiled from his syndicated semiweekly columns from 19271935 and full of wisdom, bobby jones on golf has been a mustread for over three decades. Jones certainly put his harvard degree to good use. Golf, suggests the great bobby jones, the largest shadow ever cast on a fairway, is the one game which becomes more and more difficult the.
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