On St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1902 Robert Tyre Jones Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Bobby was the only son of Colonel Robert P. Jones, a well-known Atlanta lawyer. Until the age of five, Bobby was so sick that he could not even eat solid foods. When he was six years old, his family moved to a summer home near the East Lake Country Club where young Bobby grew stronger and began playing golf. It was …showed first 75 words of 2027 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2027 total…golfers," British golf writer Pat Ward-Thomas said of Jones. "Comparison is invidious, for no man can do more than win and Jones won more often within a given period than anyone else has ever done. In his time, Jones was supreme, at match and medal play, to a greater extent than Hogan or Nicklaus have been in theirs." For many, Robert Tyre Jones Jr. of Atlanta, Georgia was, quite simply, the greatest of them all.