I never learned anything from a match that I won.
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Bobby Jones
Born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1902, Bobby Jones is the only golfer to achieve the calendar-year Grand Slam (US Open, British Open, US Amateur, British Amateur). Remaining an amateur throughout his career, he retired at twenty-eight to create the Masters Tournament and Augusta National Golf Club. The consummate gentleman who embodied the ideal of sportsmanship.
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