Bobby Jones.

On St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1902 Robert Tyre Jones Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Bobby was the only son of Colonel Robert P. Jones, a well-known Atlanta lawyer. Until the age of five, Bobby was so sick that he could not even eat solid foods. When he was six years old, his family moved to a summer home near the East Lake Country Club where young Bobby grew stronger and began playing golf. It was …

…golfers," British golf writer Pat Ward-Thomas said of Jones. "Comparison is invidious, for no man can do more than win and Jones won more often within a given period than anyone else has ever done. In his time, Jones was supreme, at match and medal play, to a greater extent than Hogan or Nicklaus have been in theirs." For many, Robert Tyre Jones Jr. of Atlanta, Georgia was, quite simply, the greatest of them all.