Sportsmanship and a Man

[Mike]

Sportsmanship



Jones was not only a consummately skilled golfer, but he also exemplified the principles of sportsmanship and fair play. Early in his amateur career, he was in the final playoff of the 1925 U.S. Open at the Worcester Country Club. During the match, his ball ended up in the rough just off the fairway, and as he was setting up to play his shot his iron caused a slight movement of the ball. He immediately got angry with himself, turned to the marshals, and called a penalty on himself. The marshals discussed among themselves and questioned some of the gallery if anyone had seen Jones' ball move. Their decision was that neither they nor anyone else had witnessed any incident, so the decision was left to Jones. Bobby Jones called the two-stroke penalty on himself, not knowing that he would lose the tournament by one stroke. When he was praised for his gesture, Jones replied, "You may as well praise a man for not robbing a bank." The United States Golf Association's sportsmanship award is named the Bob Jones Award in his honor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(golfer)

Thank you Patriot for Originally posting this article

[HappyCat]

As far as values go in sports, that is true integrity.

[Tornadom]

This one sounds familiar, but is definitely a great story.

[Mike]

As Haas said on the thread about him I accidentally deleted, he was a complete class act

[Tornadom]

Originally Posted by Mike

I accidentally deleted

That may be why it sounded so familiar... remember, I have the attention span of a Circus Monkey.

[Mike]

if anyone hasn't seen the movie that is based on him, I recommend it. Just got done watching it on TBS