The Legends Club

On December 18, 1971, golfers on the Old Course at St. Andrews stopped play as the flag on the clubhouse in front of the 18th hole was lowered to half–staff.

The legendary Bobby Jones was dead at the age of 69. Just how great was Bobby Jones? “Down the years people have wondered whether Jones was the greatest of all golfers,” British golf writer Pat Ward–Thomas said of Jones. “Comparison is invidious, for no man can do more than win and Jones won more often within a given period than anyone else has ever done. In his time, Jones was supreme, at match a  ...