Bobby Jones on Golf: The Classic Instructional by Golf's Greatest Legend

by Robert T. Jones Jr.

From the best amateur golfer ever to play the game comes an essential instructional guide for any golfer. 

Bobby Jones is universally acknowledged to have been the best amateur golfer of all time. He held at least one major title every season of his career and electrified the world with his 1930 Grand Slam, winning all four major amateur and open tournaments in the United States and Great Britain.

Bobby Jones on Golf is a distillation of all that he learned about playing golf over more than half a century of devotion to amateur competition. Drawing both on the practical and the theoretical, this classic work addresses such topics as the feel of the club, placing the feet, using the body, and cultivating the proper backswing. Like the author's impeccable reputation, Bobby Jones on Golf is as timeless as the game itself.

Genres: Sports, Biography, Nonfiction

246 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Robert Tyre Jones Jr., known as Bobby Jones the most successful amateur golfer ever to compete on a national and international level.

Not to be confused with
Robert Trent "Bobby" Jones, Jr. the Golf course designer
Robert Trent Jones Jr.

Reviews

[Willie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bobby Jones was perhaps the most natural golfer of all time, and his writing is the same, natural. His language is as smooth as his swing, not wasting a single word, but leaving everything unmistakably clear.

[Gerald Matzke · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has been a part of personal golf library for several years. It is considered by many to be a true classic. It was actually a compilation of articles that Bobby Jones has written between 1927 and 1935. Thirty years later he was asked to edit and revise them for this book. His concluding chapter was written just for this book, looking at the current state of the game as it was in the early 60’s. The first two thirds of the book deal with the mechanics of the golf swing and the remainder deals with the mental side of the game. Modern readers will find his writing style a bit stilted but that be expected of a lawyer writing in the late twenties and early thirties. He does show a bit of humor at times. For example he refers to the less accomplished golfer as a dub. He seems to enjoy describing golfers who never seem to improve their game even after many years of frustrating play simply because they either have too high an opinion of their talent or are too dense too realize how bad they really are.
While golf instruction has come a long way with technology and better understanding of technique, this book shows that the basics are still the same and a golfer who looking to improve can learn some good information about how he or she could improve and find more enjoyment in playing the game of golf.

[Jason Carter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Why not learn the game from perhaps the greatest to ever play the game? The sole winner ever of the Grand Slam and an amateur who retired from the game at the age of 28.

Recommended for fans of the game of golf.

[Mike Impagliozza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book. I will continue to read and re-read, as I continue to learn all about the game of golf. Bobby's tips are very relevant today and will stand the test of time. Must read for any golfer of any level!

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

I can’t believe I played golf for so many years and I’ve never even heard of this book but it was fabulous I really appreciate it I loved the tips on the mental part of the game and how the game has changed since his time

[Terry · Rating 3 out of 5]

great prose style, and some very interesting thinking about golf.