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The 'enemy' in golf is tension.

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.
Robert Tyre Jones
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Robert Tyre Bobby Jones Jr.
Tension
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