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The greatest amateur golfer ever, Bobby Jones dominated his sport in the 1920s. His most outstanding project in retirement was the creation of the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, and the annual invitational tournament it spawned, the Masters.

Courtesy of Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.

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