Rare 1960 ROBERT TYRE BOBBY JONES JR. Signed GOLF IS MY GAME Book-PSA Letter

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For sale we offer a very rare 1960 Golf Is My Game autobiography signed by golf legend BOBBY JONES.  Jones signed this book to a dear friend of his who was the former CEO of AT&T.  The signature is authenticated by PSA and the book comes with their full letter of authenticity and matching hologram.  Jones is an extremely difficult signature to acquire.  This is a beautiful example with great providence.  It truly is a museum quality piece from one of the games all time greats.
Robert Tyre Jones Jr.
(March 17, 1902 – December 18, 1971) was an American amateur golfer who was one of the most influential figures in the history of the sport; he was also a lawyer by profession. Jones founded and helped design the
Augusta National Golf Club
, and co-founded the
Masters Tournament
. The innovations that he introduced at the Masters have been copied by virtually every professional golf tournament in the world.
Jones was the most successful amateur golfer ever to compete at a national and international level. During his peak from 1923 to 1930, he dominated top-level amateur competition, and competed very successfully against the world's best professional golfers.
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Jones often beat stars such as
Walter Hagen
and
Gene Sarazen
, the era's top pros. Jones earned his living mainly as a lawyer, and competed in golf only as an amateur, primarily on a part-time basis, and chose to retire from competition at age 28, though he earned significant money from golf after that, as an instructor and equipment designer.
Explaining his decision to retire, Jones said, "It [championship golf] is something like a cage. First you are expected to get into it and then you are expected to stay there. But of course, nobody can stay there."
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Jones is most famous for his unique "
Grand Slam
," consisting of his victory in all four
major golf tournaments
of his era (the open and amateur championships in both the U.S. & the U.K.) in a single calendar year (1930). In all Jones played in 31 majors, winning 13 and placing among the top ten finishers 27 times.
After retiring from competitive golf in 1930, Jones founded and helped design the Augusta National Golf Club soon afterwards in 1933. He also co-founded the Masters Tournament, which has been annually staged by the club since
1934
(except for 1943–45, when it was canceled due to
World War II
). The Masters evolved into one of golf's four major championships. Jones came out of retirement in 1934 to play in the Masters on an exhibition basis through
1948
.