Bobby Jones

Bobby Jones was an American amateur golfer who achieved legendary status through his competitive dominance and lasting contributions to golf course architecture. During his peak years from 1923 to 1930, Jones won 13 major championships and completed the unprecedented "Grand Slam" in 1930—winning all four major tournaments of his era in a single calendar year. Remarkably, Jones competed only as an amateur while practicing law, retiring from tournament golf at age 28.

Following his retirement from competition, Jones turned his attention to course design. In 1933, he founded and helped design Augusta National Golf Club, which remains one of the most celebrated courses in the world. He also co-founded the Masters Tournament, first held in 1934, which evolved into one of golf's four modern major championships. The innovations Jones introduced at Augusta National and the Masters have been widely adopted across professional golf.

Beyond Augusta National, Jones contributed to the design of Peachtree Golf Club in Atlanta and several other courses. He is sometimes confused with the prolific architect Robert Trent Jones, though the two occasionally collaborated and adopted distinct names—"Bobby" and "Trent"—to minimize confusion.

Sources: Wikipedia article on Bobby Jones (golfer); course list from Course Vaults.