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if you look at those old pictures you will see that it still two years before bobby jones was born and golf was being accepted here to watch then he went over to the golf club and played exhibition there and seemed to light the fire for the game of golf. and as soon as the gulf expanded here at the country club to delete course, there was of course 20 miles east of the golf club there was a course in the river here we were a city of grand hotels and golf courses that cost the iaf bobby jones. keep in mind he wasn't born until 92 so all this time in the late '90s and early 19 hundreds again is blossoming here in augusta, and it happens to be close enough to atlanta, and this is an area that could maybe support a golf course later on down the line. he starts playing golf and it's 10 degrees warmer than atlanta so all of these factor into the decisions to build a golf course. so they build the augusta national and clocked in 1932 the course is built and he builds the course in record time. 76 working days which is absolutely incredible and they got a lot of farmers to come in from the fie
if you look at those old pictures you will see that it still two years before bobby jones was born and golf was being accepted here to watch then he went over to the golf club and played exhibition there and seemed to light the fire for the game of golf. and as soon as the gulf expanded here at the country club to delete course, there was of course 20 miles east of the golf club there was a course in the river here we were a city of grand hotels and golf courses that cost the iaf bobby jones....
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Aug 1, 2015
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bobby jones had a tough time selling the world on agusta gauger -- georgia.hey just didn't have the money. the money folks that came down from the northeast, that started to dry up because after he put the course here and after the depression ended florida was developed, the west coast is starting to develop. so people took airplanes and went to florida in the west coast. agusta somewhat fell out with the crowd. agusta struggled. the winning formula happened to come in 1950 in the -- president eisenhower was a member of the national. not only that, the president of the united states was playing a lot of golf at the agusta national and television came of age and low and behold this generation start today embrace the game of golf. started watching the president play in agusta, georgia. they could see him play golf on the news at night. arnold palmer came along with a self-taught golf swing and he would go win golf tournaments. he was a good-looking guy. between eisenhower as president and television coming to agusta and palmer, the 1950s blossomed. agusta never
bobby jones had a tough time selling the world on agusta gauger -- georgia.hey just didn't have the money. the money folks that came down from the northeast, that started to dry up because after he put the course here and after the depression ended florida was developed, the west coast is starting to develop. so people took airplanes and went to florida in the west coast. agusta somewhat fell out with the crowd. agusta struggled. the winning formula happened to come in 1950 in the -- president...
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Aug 2, 2015
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that caught the eye of bobby jones. mind it was important to 1902, so all this time in the late 1890s and early 1900s that gain is blossoming here in augusta. and augusta happens to be close enough to atlanta that bobby jones sees this is an area that has the money then maybe could support a golf course later on down the line and he starts playing golf in augusta and it is 10 degrees warmer than in atlanta. .. back in the day. as well as the golf course and 76 working days in september september 1932 bob jones paid its first round of golf and shop are on the golf course. david jones had a tough time selling the world on the dresser, georgia and the augustine national golf club. it didn't have the money and the base for folks coming up it came down to the northeast. that started to dry up because after he put the course here in the depression ended, florida was developed. so people six airplanes and went to the west coast and the gas to semi fell out of favor and augustine struggled in the winning formula had become in t
that caught the eye of bobby jones. mind it was important to 1902, so all this time in the late 1890s and early 1900s that gain is blossoming here in augusta. and augusta happens to be close enough to atlanta that bobby jones sees this is an area that has the money then maybe could support a golf course later on down the line and he starts playing golf in augusta and it is 10 degrees warmer than in atlanta. .. back in the day. as well as the golf course and 76 working days in september...
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jones. thank you. bush is one of five republican presidential candidates appearing at americans for prosperity events in columbus, ohio. bush and bobby jindal. marco rubio and ted cruz tomorrow. ted cruz on following up on the soap box. and for the democrats, bernie sanders with events in greenville and columbia. hillary clinton has no scheduled events today. >>> a federal judge says hillary clinton did not comply with government policies when she used a private e-mail server as secretary of state. this came when the judge was ruling in the lawsuit filed by the judicial watch group. the judge ordering the government to ask the fbi to use anything that is relevant to the suit. the freedom of information act searches don't involve private e-mails. >>> the lawyer for bowe bergdahl says donald trump's remarks will threaten his right for a fair trial. at the town hall this week, he said bergdahl is quote, a dirty, rotten traitor. those words are a call for mob justice, his attorney says. >>> new efforts by president obama to shore up support for the iran nuclear deal among democratic lawmakers. the president sending a letter to congress r
jones. thank you. bush is one of five republican presidential candidates appearing at americans for prosperity events in columbus, ohio. bush and bobby jindal. marco rubio and ted cruz tomorrow. ted cruz on following up on the soap box. and for the democrats, bernie sanders with events in greenville and columbia. hillary clinton has no scheduled events today. >>> a federal judge says hillary clinton did not comply with government policies when she used a private e-mail server as...