| Golfing aficionados looking for a conversation to have | | | | amazing amateur golf player to ever carry the irons. |
| while sipping a beer will often argue over the most | | | | In 1930, Jones won the Grand Slam besting all |
| outstanding golf athletes of their respective age. The | | | | amateurs and professionals. Think about thatexploit. |
| game of golfing changes in every epoch. The golf | | | | In Britain, he captured both the British Amateur |
| players have gotten bigger, and even more | | | | Championship and the British Open. Golf's Grand |
| importantly, the set of sticks has gotten much | | | | Gentleman had thirteen majors and retired from |
| better. Today, wholesale golf clubs are great | | | | competitive golf at28. Others like the great |
| examples of craftsmanship, augmenting distance and | | | | competitor Byron Nelson were excellent during this |
| accuracy to anyone's competition. | | | | age, but we'd put our cash on Hogan in an 18-hole |
| Our pick for the 1st epoch is Bobby Jones, the most | | | | playoff any time. |