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The Bobby Jones Golf Films - Introduction
by Rick Hendershot, The Weekend
Golfer
Editor's note: As part of an experiment to test different
encoding methods, I encoded portions of the Bobby Jones videos and put them
online in the Videoinabox.com,
Golf Section. These particular videos have been encoded from a series of VHS
tapes which are edited versions of a number of instructional films created by
Warner Bros. in 1931 and 1932. The encoded versions linked to these pages are
intended solely for the personal use of the webmaster and a few select friends
and are not intended for commercial purposes of any sort. If you have
accidentally stumbled on them, and find them interesting, congratulations. If
you would like your own copy of the VHS series, you can buy your own VHS tapes
at any of the usual sources. Just do a search for "Bobby Jones Videos" and
you'll find hundreds of sources -- most pointing back to Amazon.com.
The
originals Warner Bros. films were created when Jones was in his early 30s, and
shortly after he had won the "Grand Slam". This remarkable feat consisted of
winning the four major tournaments of the day: the Amateur and Open of both the
US and UK -- all in one year. A few months after his last Grand Slam win he
retired from competitive golf at the age of 28.
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Here is an excerpt from a very interesting website devoted to
Robert Tyre Jones. from http://www.bobbyjones.com:
"In 1930, Jones
accomplished the unthinkable by winning the U.S. and British Open and Amateur
Championships all in the same year. This tremendous feat, later dubbed the Grand
Slam -- a term borrowed from the card game bridge -- has never been accomplished
before or since. Fourteen years later, the Associated Press would call Jones'
accomplishment the all-time achievement in sports history.
Most of those
who followed the game of golf assumed Jones would turn professional and continue
to win championships for years to come. Having already dominated both
professionals and amateurs, there seemed to be no limit to the number of
tournaments Jones would win. But, just over a month after winning the Grand
Slam, Bobby Jones shocked the world by retiring from golf at the age of
28.
Amazingly, Jones amassed his incredible record while playing no more
frequently than the average weekend golfer-about 80 rounds per year. He
typically spent no more than three months out of the year traveling to, and
playing in, tournaments. Consequently, he played almost exclusively in national
championships, viewing mere tournaments as a sideline used only as a tune-up for
the majors after a long lay-off. Although Jones would never again play in a
national championship, he continued to leave his indelible mark on the game
through other endeavors.
In retirement, Jones continued to demonstrate
his wide range of talents and interests. Having already contributed immeasurably
to the game as a player, he proved himself to be equally impressive as a
teacher, writer and golf course designer. In 1931, Jones began working on 12
short, educational golf films for Warner Brothers entitled "How I Play Golf."
Hollywood stars like W.C. Fields clamored to participate in the project. O.B.
Keeler wrote the scripts, which generally consisted of a loose story line with
instruction from Jones mixed in somewhere along the way. Entertaining and
insightful, the films are still considered classics today."
As any
serious golfer should know, it was also Jones who designed and built Augusta
National, and whose brainchild was the Master's tournament held there annually
since 1937. He also worked with the Spalding company to design the first mass
produced set of iron shafted clubs, which was also the first set to use numbers
to indicate the lofts rather than the old Scottish names (like "mashie" and
"niblick" which you hear him use a lot in the videos.)
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Rick Hendershot is a marketing consultant, writer, and internet
publisher who lives in Conestogo, Ontario, Canada. He publishes several websites
and blogs, including Trade
Show Tips, Web Traffic
Resources, Marketing Bites, SuperCharge Your Website with Power
Linking, and many more. He is also an avid golfer and student of the
game.
Visit my Golf
Blog for comments, opinions, swing tips, lots of other stuff that I find
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