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Many shots are spoiled at the last instant by efforts to add a few more yards.
Bobby Jones
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Bobby Jones
Age: 69 †
Born: 1902
Born: March 17
Died: 1971
Died: December 18
Golfer
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Atlanta
Georgia
Bob Jones
Robert Tyre Jones Jr.
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The moment the average golfer attempts to play from long grass or a bunker or from a difficult lie of any kind, he becomes a digger instead of a swinger.
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