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In 1930 Bobby Jones became the only man to win all four major titles in one season, completing the "Grand Slam" of golf. Considered the greatest amateur ever to play the game, his achievements were commemorated on this 1981 postage stamp. 

Courtesy of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum

Bobby Jones Stamp

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