Bobby Jones and the Beginning of the Grand Slam
On the golf links of the Forrest Hills-Ricker Hotel, Bobby Jones won the Southeastern Open of 1930. He went on to victory that year in the British Amateur, British Open, U.S. Open, and U.S. Amateur - golf`s Grand Slam and a feat yet unmatched. A lifelong amateur, Jones won four U.S. Opens, five U.S. Amateurs, three British Opens, and one British Amateur, but called his thirteen-shot victory in the 1930 Southeastern Open, "the best-played tournament I ever turned out in my life. " Thirteen of the original Donald Ross-designed holes and the 1926 Golf House survive from Jones´ era.
1999.1 Erected by The Georgia Historical Society, Grand Slam Clubhouse Committee, Historic Augusta, Inc. 121-1
Richmond Co. Historical Soc. and Augusta-Richmond Co. Historic Preservation Commission.
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Ken Moser.