Bobby was one of the reasons I got good enough to teach golf for 17 years. I watched ALL of his shows, and have the DVDS. LOL. I also learned a lot from Ben Hogan and of course, the man..Jack, and Tiger. Taught my last 3 private lessons on November 5, 2021. I introduced THOUSANDS to the Game of Life!! Made great money, too! LOL. Life and Golf are Good.
In the 80's only 13, I worked at 3am delivering papers before school to pay for this VHS Bobby vid. Only read Jack, Norman and Bobby. Never had many lessons with Keep the swing simple.
What I like about bobby jones is how he explains the game, it's down to earth, no fancy high tech , ego,etc. Most pros get to technical on this sport and the average amature cannot understand and improve, lesson today ...keep it simple and play within yourself .
Guys, I have studied Jones for about 2 years. I copied his every move and it did not come easily as modern golf advice poh pah's veterans like Jones: "He's back in the stone age," but gradually I got the idea. His method or madness is very similar to Walter Hagen and the earlier Frances Ouimet and Vardon. Their shafts were whippy, but not all that much different than a fiber glass shaft. Jones controlled with straight left arm close to chest. Here is the big difference,: they moved left knee towards straight right knee almost touching on back swing which allowed the shoulders and hips to turn plenty on top of right leg. All weight is on ankles and torso is quiet upright. All clubs go high and the woods and driver all go past parallel and slightly to right of target like John Daley. The hands are very wristy, almost loose. At the top the left leg moves towards target giving the unwinding spark for the downswing which comes down inside with right elbow close and through the back of the ball like clockwork. The left foot does not slide past original stance mark; it stands tall at impact with head behind ball and then the big high finish. Once you get it, it gives you amazing control and a wonderful crisp pop! I'm 71 years old and the swing is easy on the body!
Been watching the easiest Swing in Golf as a senior I was starting to struggle with the modern way of teaching that swing I've been watching and learning reminds of this great man's swing loose and free poetry in motion and can play freely with no pain
My dad taught me to see the club head out of the corner of my left eye in the backswing. Younger golfers criticize me for swinging like John Daly. And I don’t care.
So nice to see. Thank you for posting. And he was a qualified Mechanical Engineer I think which I believe contributes to his 1. superb understanding of the mechanics of a sound swing and 2. ability to explain it - the mechanics and geometry of a solid, repeatable golf swing. "Form is efficiency." His balance. Getting deep into the lead hip and keeping his body angles, not getting cramped and coming up and out of the shot. His understanding that, to allow time to get the speed up, he wanted to complete the turn with a fully extended but fluent left arm, pushing back, not picking up, and loose wristed, the key to getting a whip crack, at and through the ball. And all with honesty and humility. He is my favourite instructor. Tom Watson and Jack are very good instructors, but I think Bobby is the one I seem to "get" most. Good old black and white and very basic gear but sometime simple is best. :)
I'm going to be trying some of this stuff. Strikes me that apart from the big hip turn and crossing the line, as soon as he moves into the downswing his swing wouldn't look out if place on the tour today. What an amazing man. Highly intelligent, insightful and communicates his ideas with wonderful use of the English language. Oh and also a contender for the best golfer in history....
13 majors by 28 years old, then retired. Played before the lift, clean and place rules on the green. Yes he was something special. Oh and who else went months between majors without touching a club, 46 % win record for his career. Yes, there's only one bobby jones.
In my search for a lob wedge, my golf fitter found a Bobby Jones club head, which was mounted on a "modern" shaft. That thing was miraculous, especially out of bunkers. Unfortunately, it was stolen and I have never found anything better. After hitting another great shot out of a bunker, I would yell "Bobby Jones!".
Just imagine how many modern day “swing coaches” would want to change this wonderful swing. A full arc and such a great striker of the ball. How many modern day players would be this good using hickory clubs?
@@FredCDobbs-er4qd I dont buy that. If clubs, shafts and the ball hadnt changed, and thank God they have, there would still be the Jack and Tiger era and they would have been every bit as good relative to the potential of the equipment. Good is good. Just like Bobby Jones' swing would not be the same using modern clubs, it couldnt. Gary Player talks about how the swing has HAD to change since the days of persimmons and balata balls.
These modern day teachers, for example, Ledbetter have killed many a natural, God-given golf swing... watching golf channel and reading magazines ruined my game as well
Love the movie about him it's a great story and that's why there's always a amateur in the masters every year bobby jones was good enough too go pro but didn't believe the game of golf was all about money
Not only a great golfer, but also the very best sportsman, never taking any advantage of other players, even when the fault was unseen by anyone but him.
I wonder how many hours Tiger watched Bobby Jones learning techniques from him and modifying them to match his game. Great players learning from great players. I loved Bobby Jones talking about his swing!
Nothing about tigers swing compares to bobby Jones. Jones has a smooth effortless swing , easy on the body. If tiger implemented any of that in his swing he would have not has so many back issues. Adam Scott and louis ousthassen swing more like bobby Jones .
@@sprocket580 There's no evidence that Tiger's back problems were because of his golf swing. Tiger's downward attack angle would definitely break those clubs though. Obviously Tiger could make any adjustment if he wanted to.
Way beyond parallel like Phil and Daly and those were wood shafts and yet he could draw and fade equally. I saw these films years ago and was shocked how good he was and his drives were going 270 yards. He did a film out of bunkers and he would stop the ball to a buried lie and without a sand wedge as they weren't invented yet blasted out shot after shot to a few feet. I was thinking imagine this guy with modern equipment, beautiful fairways, and the balls they use today! Wow! It was like watching Sam Snead in his late 40's hitting 285 to 290 yard drives. Again I was what power.
Just a beautiful golf swing. I am so sick of modern golf gurus. They don't know the game. Listen to the only man in the world that did a calender year grand slam!
The modern day "gurus" have nothing over the old time greats. The swing hasn't changed. I read many of the classic instruction books from Jones, Percy Boomer, Ernest Jones etc. Great stuff 👏
Before my time, but golf is a game of tradition and honor, and Mr. Jones is the personification of those things so he's a hero of mine for sure. To have and play for years with such a terrible, awful disease is just another fact that shows the courage and strength of the man. Not only is he a great gentleman, but also these films are so entertaining as well. I just love them and his era was truly the golden age of golf leading into Jack and Arnold. thanks so much.
Not mentioning the fact that Gary Player, the most long-life golfer ever, said Bobby Jones had one of, if not the most beautiful swings ever possessed by any human being.
I've read 8 books about Bobby Jones and have so much respect for guys like him that brought class and character to this game. You must wonder what Mr. Jones would have done if he had a healthy body. He suffered from that un-diagnosed disease even as a child and fought health issues all his life that would have stopped most any other human being. Him and Hogan serve as such inspirations to me to keep going myself. I think it's the only game left where character has any meaning at all left. Look at Woods that is simply a scum bag with his code of honor. Many football and basketball players would be in jail if not for sports as I can't even watch them anymore. Anyhow, Palmer, Jack, Bobby, and Gary are people to be very proud of I think.
@@radar0412 bobby was doing what all the greats did when a young golfer came up. Jack's first time seeing bobby on the course he shanked it, bobby left immediately, he didn't want to hurt Jack . Jack said he was so nervous, he just tighten up.
@@ag358 I heard that story a little differently. Bobby Jones was actually following Young Jack Nicklaus, and Nicklaus started choking as a result. That's when Jones backed away. Classy move.
The main thing Jones talks about (although his swing is 'loose' and over long mainly because of the equipment, shaft flex & weight) is that the downswing starts by movement and weight pressure in the lower body, a small lateral shift 2-4 inches, before the hands and arms drop and the body turns through. Nearly every tour pro today has a movement left(still 2-4inches) before their hands, arms, club drops into the 'slot' and then everything turns through with power. This is still relevant today.
Besides James Cagney, there was another actor Tony Bushell in the scene. Anyone remember him in the old movie "The Scarlet Pimpernel" made in 1934. Played Sir Andrew FFoulkes. In a "Night to Remember" the 1958 version of the sinking of the Titanic, played the captain of the ship "Carpathia" that picked up survivors of the the doomed ship.
Absolutely amazing that that man had that control of the ball with those clubs. I didn't see any grooves on the face of the irons and the shafts were wood not to mention the fact that he was probably using a balata ball. I would wager scratch golfers today, and maybe even pro players, would have a difficult time getting the ball in the air with that equipment, especially that 1 iron. You couldn't hide behind superior technological advancements back then, no, all you could rely on was real talent.....and Mr. Jones had it in spades.
This is a pitch for the new talkie actors Cagney and Cook who had just starred in a new mob flick, "The Public Enemy." This established Cagney as the premier movie bad ass. Not surprising since he was directed by the certified hard guy Willie Wellman who flew in the Lafayette Escadrille in WW1. Wellman started out directing and establishing the great cowboy star "Buck" Jones (no realtion to Bob) who was one of the 492 killed in the Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston in November of 1942. (continued).
What a beautiful easy swing. What a lovely tempo. So much better to watch than the modern bombers who look like something’s about to burst on every full swing!
In 1930, Jones bet on himself in Britain to win the pre-Masters Grand Slam (4 major championships). He collected $60,000, which is $918,136.53 in 2018 buying power. No one has ever equaled this. This is far more amazing than betting you would pitch a no hitter or win the Triple Crown and accomplishing it.
Im not sure if it was his bet or someone else but i do know good friends were placing large bets on him and it worried him that they could lose a lot of money.
Jones retired at 28 after winning the 4 majors in a row - he's about 29 here. He got $100,000 from Warner Bros for several of these films. - for serious golfer these clips are invaluable. He is the only golfer to win the 4 major tourneys in one year - Ben Hogan might have done it, he won the first 3 but the PGA tourney was a week after the British Open, in those days they went by ship so there was no way he could have made it. Tiger won all 4 in a row but over 2 years.
@@TMar1961 No, he didn't. He won the US Open, the Open Championship, and the PGA in 2000, then won the Masters in 2001. He did not win the Masters in 2000.
@@TMar1961 Yeah, we all know that he won them all consecutively in a 365 day period, but he did not win them all in the same calendar year. It's not about being happy, it's about being accurate. Your first comment was not.
At the conclusion of Bobby's speech, they sang he's a jolly good fellow, then a long Scotsman started sing. Will ye no come home again, everyone joined in and there were no dry eyes to be seen.
04.20...Love the backswing is so inside...with the hands over or outside the right shoulder, club comes across line...downswing has little turn of the shoulders out and then goes inside. No 'dropping in the slot' and then turn. So, left shoulder points at ball and the right shoulder comes in behind the ball, head virtually still.
Bobby Jones played in 31 majors. He won 13 of them and finished in the top 5 27 times. Retired from competitive golf at 28 years old. The man could've won 30 majors
No one swings like Bobby Jones anymore. His swing was smooth, effortless, and on target. Tried that same swing, but being almost 6-4 that is quite difficult. Jones was probably about 5 ft. 4 or 5 and was very limber.
It's not a tall man's game. I'm 6'6" tall and do not see any advantage of being this tall for golf. My clubs are extended 1.5 inches which doesn't help with accuracy. The only thing being tall does is allow you to hit it longer but leaves more room for error.
Can U imagine Him with today's Golf Equipment, Diet, & light Weight Training, just how he would've dominated the PGA Tour? Oh, in today's Golfing attire also...just saying folks.... Fact: His Dad did NOT want him playing Golf, & made him to to Law School. He actually became a member of the State of Georgia Bar. Had he focus only on Golf, WoW! His Law studies took him away from playing Golf.
Todays golfing attire is absurd - guys dress like walking billboards, that will look much stupider in 80 years than this film does today. Not sure diet would have made much difference to his game. I'd rather watch and play golf with wooden driver heads over todays absurd big headed drivers - they're like training wheels for golfers and make the game far too easy. Golf should have limited the tech years ago like every other sport but they're greedy and want that manufacturing money. Honestly only kids, senior citizens and women should be using those massive drivers. This film does look pretty old but if you've ever watched the old shell golf matches they're hands down more entertaining than modern golf in terms of the presentation and equipment.
Good is Good, today or in 1931 ! Bobby would have been a winner in any area ! With todays equipment, diet and over all commitment to stay in great shape he would be as good as any of the top players today. The guy still had the best swing I ever seen !
The had a physicist and biomechanics expert look into this. Used to be a RU-vid video on it. Basically jones driver swing speed was close to top two or three on pga tours highest swing speeds. Meaning he would be among the top handful of longest players in today’s game.
He really hangs on his left side at the top of his swing like J M Olazabal. He seemed to be open with his shoulders at address and there is a bit of riding his shoulders from the top which means he is very slightly coming over the top. He used his hips really well though. Wonderful swing he had! His swing us Genesis for the modern swing. Snead and Hogan took it a step further and Tiger took swing mechanics to the limit!
Yeah cant explain what bobby jones does its just natural . In modern golf terms its all wrong yet all just perfection at the same time. more hinges than a door that god.
It’s also flat as a pancake which like he’s hitting a baseball pitched in the dirt. He perfected it but I don’t know how anyone can say it was the greatest golf swing. For him it was but not for anyone else.
all the key positions are the same - the lag and the body positions and the release create a lot of power. But mainly the timing and either as a result of or management of the amazing lag.
I love Bobby he is a great the swing is smooth and optimal for his time but could you imagine how much distance they could gain with modem mechanics lol the left foot going back is a real killer (yes he is a great I’m just saying it would be cool to see)
He actually built a huge wooden head for a driver that went very very long. With today's equipment and ball, experts think he'd be hitting drivers well over 400 yards and straight.
@@jamesanthony5681 More than a bit. I read that his club head speed based on footage like this is estimated to be 117-118 mph. That’s great and would make him longer than the pga average, but far short of 400.
