1969 Bobby Jones Autographed Letter

In addition to creating a golf legacy that shines as brightly today as it did in 1930 when he won the Grand Slam, Bobby Jones was a true gentleman.

Jones was diagnosed with syringomyelia in 1944, a rare and degenerative disease of the central nervous system. Jones would battle the disease for 22 years, first using a cane, then leg braces and finally in a wheelchair. During the final years of his life Jones could not even hold a pen. But being the determined person that he was he found he could shove his pen through a tennis ball which he could still grip.

This letter written to Dr. Richard Gordin just 2 years before Jones passed away in 1971, shows that even if you knew Bobby Jones personally - unless you were accompanied by a member, you were not going to be playing golf at Augusta National! You can almost feel the pain and effort it must have cost him to sign this letter but that's what made Bobby Jones the man he was. As the famous sports writer Grantland Rice once said: "Bobby Jones is not one in a million persons. I should say he is one in ten million or perhaps one in 50 million."

This unframed letter is ready to be framed with your favorite Bobby Jones photo.

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