The Long Shadow of Bobby Jones | GPB Documentaries

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One of the greatest golfers of all time, Bobby Jones left a legacy much greater than the sport which gave him fame. The co-founder of Augusta National Golf Club is remembered by those who knew him as one of the most decent, humble men they ever knew. Winning the Grand Slam in 1930, he captured the heart of a nation struggling with the Great Depression.
Original Air Date: 2016
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  • @jherl8307
    @jherl83077 күн бұрын

    Very powerful, very revealing documentary of one of the great sportsmen/ personalitys that performed during the Golden Age of Sport, the 1920's. Dempsey, Ruth, Jones. All ended up as Icons even to this day 100 years later.

  • @fairplayer7435
    @fairplayer74353 күн бұрын

    I am one of the amateurs who quit listening to modern advice to study Bobby Jones' swing. I watched his tutorials here on YT and greatly improved my game to a point where I broke 90 as per his advice. I also greatly admire his style of wear, which was also influential for men of his time.

  • @JohnCBurzynski
    @JohnCBurzynski2 жыл бұрын

    I am a Yankee but the two men I have admired most in my life are Bobby Jones and Bart Starr. True heroes and great gentlemen. I really enjoyed this.

  • @c3dmf4s

    @c3dmf4s

    Жыл бұрын

    Jones was a racist so do you love that about him too?

  • @Hellfurian1972
    @Hellfurian1972 Жыл бұрын

    Considering the conditions of the courses, balls, clubs, time he played, etc., Bobby is the greatest male golfer.

  • @owensweetland342
    @owensweetland3422 жыл бұрын

    I feel that I'm fortunate to have been born in the late 1950s. My father loved playing golf as much as watching it. His heroes were Palmer, Trevino, etc. Now I know why.

  • @ag358
    @ag3582 жыл бұрын

    Really great film, honest and a picture of the man who dominated golf like no other. Winning 42% of his tournaments. I have all his films and from eye witness account, he did played all the shots in one take. What should've been mentioned and they allude to it was he went months every year without touching a club then won 42%. Genius.

  • @golffit3066
    @golffit30662 жыл бұрын

    I knew of the legend but I'm happy to have enjoyed this look into such a great man's life

  • @glenngraham1059
    @glenngraham1059 Жыл бұрын

    THE WORLD OF GOLF COULD ALL LEARN AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT

  • @aidanoneill77
    @aidanoneill772 жыл бұрын

    My golfing hero. Stayed at Bobby Jones place in St Andrews last year

  • @artconsciousness
    @artconsciousness Жыл бұрын

    Just a wonderful documentary that brought tears to my eyes. If one man can stand tall there is hope for us all.

  • @stratovani

    @stratovani

    Ай бұрын

    Bobby Jones once said that no man stood taller than when he stooped over to help a child.

  • @katlynwebb8474
    @katlynwebb84742 жыл бұрын

    I actually got to meet his Grandson at a Syringomyelia gala, I actually have the same disorder that he had.

  • @pmdwyer274
    @pmdwyer2742 жыл бұрын

    In life as in golf you must always play it as it is presented.

  • @billmoyer3254

    @billmoyer3254

    2 ай бұрын

    rub of the green

  • @MegaTubescreamer
    @MegaTubescreamer2 ай бұрын

    Bless his soul....😇

  • @frankcanzanella6753
    @frankcanzanella6753 Жыл бұрын

    Bobby Jones is the only golfer that I have ascribed the term sincere to. To be forthright with great caring concern. To leave in his wake, the good seed. He fought the good fight and didn’t care to be counted out! There are such beautiful respectful people in Georgia.

  • @warholscircus
    @warholscircus3 жыл бұрын

    Georgia has obvious reason to be proud. What a great man they gave to the world. For Cliff Roberts to turn on Bobby as he did in the end, seems incredibly sad to me. It sounds more an act of jealousy than true concern for Bobby, the game or its audience. After all, everyone already knew Bobby was wheelchair bound with a degenerative disease, so who was Cliff really protecting by pushing Bobby out of the picture? I can see why Bobby received this measure as an insult. Rest easy, Mr. Jones. Your memory still delivers with the same powerful resonance as it did when you were here. Thank you, for showing us how to "play it as it lies."

  • @andyburge7358
    @andyburge7358 Жыл бұрын

    Bobby Jones; A Renaissance Man.

  • @henniebogan1966
    @henniebogan1966 Жыл бұрын

    An incredible story. An incredible life. An incredible man!

  • @allahalibaba9063
    @allahalibaba90632 жыл бұрын

    Great Story, Great Man and We All Thank You for Your Vision in Golf and The Masters.......

  • @alabinibop
    @alabinibop Жыл бұрын

    Absolute legend.

  • @lesliedevlin8501
    @lesliedevlin8501 Жыл бұрын

    Great show people ⛳🏌️ thanks Les from Perth WA 💯💯💯👍👍👍👀👀👀

  • @music-lover8915
    @music-lover89152 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing this treasure! Jones is my hero and the golfer I respect most not one of most.

  • @jcee6886
    @jcee68862 жыл бұрын

    A great man indeed.

  • @RobM333
    @RobM33310 ай бұрын

    Great video, what an amazing man. Classy guy, hard to find anywhere in sports. Today it’s all about me and I.

  • @MLA50
    @MLA502 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful tribute! Thanks for sharing!

  • @GrannyEarth
    @GrannyEarth3 ай бұрын

    Love Love Love

  • @judyevancic4926
    @judyevancic4926 Жыл бұрын

    Bob Jones should be held as the benchmark of what young men in our Nation should strive to become. Integrity and manners should be taught to all who are born here. The need to do this is a gift a human, man or woman should strive to.. We as a Nation have lost our way as looking successful is more important than truly being successful. It seems money is our God here now.. Not having solid values in our lives…

  • @loue-black
    @loue-black Жыл бұрын

    Great doco about a Great man...

  • @7884golfguru
    @7884golfguru Жыл бұрын

    Awesome ❤️❤️❤️

  • @DASH1ful
    @DASH1ful2 жыл бұрын

    i started with a set of cut down clubs with painted shafts. always wondered why they were painted, now i know.

  • @samking4179
    @samking41792 жыл бұрын

    Very well done.

  • @stratovani
    @stratovaniАй бұрын

    After watching this I feel I must rearrange my Top Ten Golfers of All Time list. I had Bobby Jones at #4, but now I will move him up to #2, right behind Jack Nicklaus. My list is now #1 Jack Nicklaus, #2 Bobby Jones, #3 Ben Hogan, #4 Tiger Woods, #5 Arnold Palmer, #6 Gary Player, #7 Walter Hagen, #8 Harry Vardon, #9 Seve Ballerestos, and #10 Sam Snead.

  • @RonWelder-ys6qv

    @RonWelder-ys6qv

    Ай бұрын

    Yes you should

  • @toddrobertson1398

    @toddrobertson1398

    14 күн бұрын

    Sorry man .. no one dominated the game like tiger for the length of time he did. Tiger is one. Bobby two and then everyone is whatever.

  • @stratovani

    @stratovani

    14 күн бұрын

    @@toddrobertson1398 Guess you never saw Jack Nicklaus play. I did.

  • @sarkisiangeorge
    @sarkisiangeorge2 жыл бұрын

    I am not a dentist but I have to compliment that young lady (Catherine Lewis, PhD) in the red outfit. What a beautiful set of teeth.

  • @joshluna1956
    @joshluna19565 ай бұрын

    12:34 never held so much meaning.

  • @pwoeckener
    @pwoeckener2 жыл бұрын

    I may have missed it, but I didn't see where they ever identified the woman that they interviewed throughout this documentary.

  • @myousickoflife
    @myousickoflifeАй бұрын

    Whos cutting onions?

  • @stumarston6812
    @stumarston68122 жыл бұрын

    So club throwing goes way back.

  • @BartmanSA

    @BartmanSA

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes. You take it way back and then release it forward like a tomahawk!

  • @Drawfornoone
    @Drawfornoone2 жыл бұрын

    paint the shafts yellow lol

  • @alberg6290
    @alberg6290 Жыл бұрын

    .........and yet, as great as he was, and please don't misunderstand, he was a great man, not ONE public expression about the singular moral issue of his beloved South------ virulent racism. Though his body was broken, his mind was keen until the end-----1971-----what a word from from the "greatest Southerner" would have meant!

  • @jamesb7651

    @jamesb7651

    Жыл бұрын

    C'mon this is sport leave politics out of it

  • @alberg6290

    @alberg6290

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jamesb7651 actually it was a man's life and while,sports was a big part of it, Jones was a highly intelligent man with many interests outside of his golf career. He wasn't called the "greatest Southerner" just because he was a marvelous golfer. No comment to Clifford Roberts statement about the "players will be white and the caddies black" at Augusta?????????

  • @alberg6290

    @alberg6290

    Жыл бұрын

    @Tom I worded that awkwardly, but yes, it was Roberts, but only silence from Jones on the issue----that's kind of my point------Jones died in '71, body wrecked but mind sound and yet not a word about the issue of which Augusta was one of its symbols. Jones was no worse than most----PGA had "caucasian" only clause as late as 1960. I'm reminded of the quote "all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing"-----and Jones was a good man.

  • @alberg6290

    @alberg6290

    Жыл бұрын

    @TomIt is NOT speculation that there is no record anywhere of Jones making a public observation about the segregation in his beloved South------please correct me on this, and I''m including recollections from his own family. I have read accounts that he was polite and considerate with the "help" ----if that's enough for you, fine. What is speculation is how Jones felt about this------I agree with that, but it is fact that there was no public statement condemning Jim Crow, segregation or lynchings, a system of which Augusta was intimately complicit

  • @Mr.MikeBarksdale
    @Mr.MikeBarksdale9 ай бұрын

    "He becomes the most famous southerner since Robert E. Lee..." Hold on a second, sugartits. He was famous, sure. But let's not dive into hyperbole here. Tyrus Raymond Cobb was by far and away leaps and bounds more famous than Bobby Jones.

  • @fairplayer7435

    @fairplayer7435

    3 күн бұрын

    Good Lard, help us

  • @greg9210
    @greg921017 күн бұрын

    All the Coca Cola mighta been the thing that did him in w that neurological disease

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