The Long Shadow of Bobby Jones | GPB Documentaries

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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[@JohnCBurzynski]

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]

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

[@Hellfurian1972]

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

[@owensweetland342]

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]

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]

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

[@aidanoneill77]

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

[@artconsciousness]

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

[@stratovani]

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

[@allahalibaba9063]

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

[@glenngraham1059]

THE WORLD OF GOLF COULD ALL LEARN AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT

[@katlynwebb8474]

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

[@alabinibop]

Absolute legend.

[@henniebogan1966]

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

[@pmdwyer274]

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

[@billmoyer3254]

rub of the green

[@music-lover8915]

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

[@warholscircus]

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."

[@frankcanzanella6753]

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.

[@lesliedevlin8501]

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

[@andyburge7358]

Bobby Jones; A Renaissance Man.

[@jcee6886]

A great man indeed.

[@MLA50]

Beautiful tribute! Thanks for sharing!

[@loue-black]

Great doco about a Great man...

[@7884golfguru]

Awesome ❤️❤️❤️

[@RobM333]

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

[@GrannyEarth]

Love Love Love

[@MegaTubescreamer]

Bless his soul....😇

[@samking4179]

Very well done.

[@judyevancic4926]

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…

[@DASH1ful]

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

[@sarkisiangeorge]

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]

12:34 never held so much meaning.

[@pwoeckener]

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

[@stratovani]

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]

Yes you should

[@toddrobertson1398]

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]

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

[@Drawfornoone]

paint the shafts yellow lol

[@stumarston6812]

So club throwing goes way back.

[@BartmanSA]

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

[@myousickoflife]

Whos cutting onions?

[@greg9210]

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

[@Mr.MikeBarksdale]

"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.

[@alberg6290]

.........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]

C'mon this is sport leave politics out of it

[@alberg6290]

@@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]

@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]

@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