jr. robert tyre jones

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in full Robert Tyre Jones, Jr. born March 17, 1902, Atlanta, Ga., U.S. died Dec. 18, 1971, Atlanta U.S. golfer. Jones won 13 major championships between 1923 and 1930, a feat unequaled until 1973. In 1930 he became the first golfer to achieve the grand-slam of his time the British and U.S. Open and Amateur championships after which he retired from competitive golf at the age of 28, having never become a professional. Jones helped establish the Masters Tournament, one of the four major tournaments that make up the modern grand-slam of golf (the other three being the British Open, the U.S. Open, and the PGA Championship)
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