Amateur golfer considered by many to be the best player to swing a
club.
Posthumously retains the title of President-in-perpetuity of Augusta
National Golf Club: the home of the Masters Golf Tournament, and a
course which he himself designed.
Took up golf as a boy when he was deemed "too sickly" for football.
Has a road (I-520/Bobby Jones Expressway) named after him in Augusta,
Georgia.
Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974.
Inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1964.
Inducted into the Atlanta Sports Hall of Fame in 2005 (inaugural class).