Bobby Jones retired from golf at only 29. If he would have played another 15 to 20 years, he would have won at least 15 more majors. He is the best golfer ever. Better than Woods. Much better than Nicklaus.
@@Handletaken4 I knocked my first sand shot in decades to 7 inches recently. I play old WS Tour Blades. But a Sarazen-type sand wedge is way easier than a niblick.
What a miracle is Bobby Jones. The swing - the man - was a harmony of clock springs, all unwinding in honey and lightening. In my opinion, he is the second greatest player of all time. Second only to Ben Hogan. Although I love Jones' quote about Nicklaus: "He plays a game with which I am unfamiliar". He was elegant even in his speech. What a spectacular specimen of a man... the likes of which most of us nowadays are unfamiliar.
He had a Harvard English degree, a mechanical engineering degree from Georgia Tech, and he was a practicing attorney. Bobby Jones was a rare genius at being able to articulate the intricacies of a golf swing so precisely.
This is the most comprehensive golf teaching movie I have ever seen ! There is no doubt that Bobby Jones is one of the brilliant stars in the history of golf .
I get the feeling he could come back out next year, Easter Sunday, and take down the Masters. Commentators would be all over him about that raised heel as he shot 67 65 69 67.
Everyone back in the day raised their heel even up to the time of Snead and Hogan. I wonder why it fell out of fashion - I suspect a change in the equipment.
This is what makes a good golfer a Great golfer ..Bobby shares kindly all his knowledge in a very clear way ..for me he was the greatest of all times because even without tecnólogy in the design of clubs,balls ,shoes clothes,golf courses he was able to perform very high
Thanks for saying this. I'll look up his writings. Ben Hogan's words have always been good for me, and I do appreciate the writing style (and thorough editing) of days long past.
interesting how regardless of equipment, golfers still make the same mistakes we were making a hundred years ago and the corrections are still the same as well
The lack of arm swing and massive arm swing I'm the short game is so different from today's game! I love it, I think it simplifies those shots for amatuers better! Brilliant video from the original GOAT!
Hickory shafts made the golf swing wristy, it was more about feeling the clubhead and getting the timing down with the wrist.....simply an amazing golfer and man in general.
Years ago, I read Bobby Jones' classic book GOLF IS MY GAME, which he wrote himself. Golf enthusists often mention that Jones studied law and engineering. They fail to mention that he also had a Masters degree in literature from Harvard University. Why? Because his mother thought that such exposure to the arts would make him a Renaissance man.
What a great game! 50 years of playing has been a gift from God. God is happiest when his children are at play. I hope I can play another 30 years, I'll be 87.
@@kirkheron1041 I left a good-natured comment. You left a mean-spirited comment. Some time in the future you will realize that God is right there for you.
@@paulh7589 you're wasting your life being obsessed with god. Just live a good life and if there is a god, you'll go to heaven. People find religious people like you really annoying.
You never go wrong with the basics and Bobby focused on this. I like when Bobby saids don’t try to feel you have to hit the ball in the air, the club will do it for you. Start out hitting pitch shots then increase half swing , then three quarters to get that feel and easy swing. If your accurate on target then try full swing
A golf lesson from one of the Best that ever was...Thanks Mr. Jones and also Thanks for our National Augusta Tournament.....The Master's from the Master.....
Depends on your setup I can pitch and run just fine with a 50° having a diverse wedge set is key but agree with the guys trying to hit ridiculous flop shots on publics or watching too many tour pros
One of the masters! Bobby was already an incredible golfer. But just imagine how good he would be with today's modern equipment. He didn't even have a wedge club.
I have a set of irons from the late 30's. The loft on the 9 iron is 54 degrees. What the club didn't have was "bounce". They are also much lighter than a modern iron. Same thing with the hickory shafted irons.
That was awesome. I just graduated from Bobby Jones University. It was amazing him hit shots that yielded excellent results without the technology we have today. Truly inspiring! Thanks for sharing.
Crap! I finally found someone who goes against today’s advice and does what I will swear is the best way I’ve ever chipped. I play the ball back, hood the club and push the club out then onto the ball. It comes out with some bite but then rolls out. This is the way and sometimes I’d rather chip than putt and never was outside 3 ft.
This is absolute gold! Love his elegance. I'm going to try and copy that left heal lift and plant. By the way: I think one of the gentlemen in the last scene might have been actor Walter Huston, father of John and grandfather of Anjelica.
Not just an incredible golfer but an incredible man. Just listening to him offering instruction with such clarity and purpose is an absolute delight, even if some of his technique is not applicable today (a bit too wristy for sure). And note how he is actually talking to real people and not just staring into a camera with no one else there. Doesn't get any better than this!
'a bit too wristy'? I took everything Bobby taught and applied it to my swing.... I hit a 300 yard shot for the first time at the range. Thank you very much.
I still class Bobby Jones as the greatest of all time. Not only was he working at a job the whole time he was playing competitively, but he won 13 majors in 8 years before retiring at 28 years of age.
If Gary Player thinks he was perhaps the best golfer, that is enough for me. I tried out several aspects of my interpretation of what I saw in this video and it was working great!
Exemplary instruction and beautifully explained by a man with degrees in Law, Engineering and English Literature! Compare to the situation today when most pros have a two word vocabulary. Of course he remained an amateur .
Bobby Jones is an absolute legend and it’s my understanding that these films were made at Lakeside CC and possibly Riviera and I’ve played them both which to me is pretty cool. Once while playing at Lakeside Bob Hope drove his golf cart onto the 18th green and putted out and the pro simply said “how are you Mr. Hope?”
Bobby was the original Tiger Woods. when Bobby went over to England they asked him how far Bobby could hit it, and he replied as far as was required, Bobby hit it 300 back then.....way way way longer than others....he was a child prodigy
I'd like to thank the golfers of the past who noticed that the gutta percha ball flew longer and straighter after it got nicked and scratched up a bit leading to dimpled golf balls that are more aerodynamically made making Bobby Jones genius possible.
If you look at the swings of Jack Nicklaus and other great pros ,you can see a lot of similarity to Bobby Jones swing.Same fundamentals. Love the little boy who gives permission to the big boys to watch as long as they are quiet!
@@whatwouldiknow1759 2-iron has always been my favourite club and my best hc ever was 8.9. So I have to disagree. Bobby Jones swing is so effortless, those shafts were so soft in compared to nowadays.
28:07 "The Spoon." The great Hollywood actor Warren William in his first speaking part (as "The Husband," uncredited; see IMDB) is getting advice from Bobby.
I love these old Bobby Jones videos. Class act. Does anyone know the golf course where this was filmed? I know he’s from Georgia, but the background shots of the hills look more like somewhere in Southern California. Wondering if it was near Hollywood?
At the end of the day to be good at golf you need 3 things 1. Practice 2. Consistentcy And 3. ( the hardest ) discipline , you must consistently practice the same swing techniques with absolute discipline every time and most ppl just do not have the patience for this because well golf is hard and ain't but a few ways to be really good at it but they all have those 3 things in them.
damn why was Bobby Jones so against high-loft, high-spin chips? I know the bump and run has its uses, but geez! Fascinating to see how golf techniques have evolved
Almost everything was different back then, when we think about it. Greens and fairways had much longer grass than today’s course setups, golf balls were much softer, and clubface/groove tech was fairly simple in comparison to today’s precision computer-aided forging and milling. Applying high/very high backspin was probably more trouble than it was worth with all the variables involved; bump and runs for everything was likely much easier to predict
@@BirdmanDeuce26 Agreed and the greens were inconsistent as to their soft and hard spots. Lofting the ball was a crap-shoot. So, they kept everything much lower to the ground.
Those greens roll pretty smooth for the day, not the norm back then. The way he moves through the ball would of worked no matter what era of golf, if he played when steel shafts came around I am sure his swing would have adapted. But with todays lofts a mashie niblick would be a 9 iron and a niblick would be a wedge.