96 pp. Illustrated from several photographs, figure and humor drawings, and ads throughout, including a photograph image of Bobby Jones in an article titled "The Third Time Around" by Alan D. Wilson; course drawings (one for each of the 18 holes) and one of the entire East Course; one leaf on pink paper; inside covers printed in blue and red colors (front with blue-tinted photo image and rear with red and blue colored image). Ads show various golf equipment, including balls, clothing, clubs, etc. (4to) 11x8½, original color pictorial perfect-bound stiff wrappers. First Appearance.
The rare original and official program book for the 1930 U.S. National Amateur Golf Championship that was held at the Merion Cricket Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Bobby Jones won the event, helping to complete his “Grand Slam” by winning all four major tournaments that year: The U.S. and British Open and Amateur Championships. Pages 51-57 (with ads in-between) gives the pairings and starting times for the initial qualifying round on Monday and Tuesday, September 22 and 23, 1930, with Robert T. Jones, Jr., being paired with Emery Stratton at 9:15am on Monday and 12:50pm Tuesday, on page 51. Includes: "Merion and Bobby Jones" by Grantland Rice; "The Opportunity for The Grand Slam" by O.B. Keeler; " The Amateur Golf Championships of 1928 and 1929" by Francis Ouimet; "The Friendly Battle" by Bernard Darwin; "A Few Lines of Merion Cricket Club History" with a photo of Robert W. Lesley (President of the Merion Cricket Club); and the "Keep Your Own Record of the Tournament" page with brackets not filled-in. “Between 1923 and 1930, Jones dominated the game of golf, winning at least one national championship every year and 13 of 21 major championships he entered. He was so completely dominant during that period that his two primary rivals-Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen-never won any U.S. or British Open in which Jones played… In 1930, Jones accomplished the unthinkable by winning the U.S. and British Open and Amateur Championships all in the same year. This tremendous feat, later dubbed the Grand Slam-a term borrowed from the card game bridge-has never been accomplished before or since. Fourteen years later, the Associated Press would call Jones' accomplishment the all-time achievement in sports history" - bobbyjones.com.
Condition:
Light rubbing, 6" tear from bottom front joint up to middle left side of front cover, small tears to spine ends and joint ends, 1" chip to bottom front cover, smaller chip to top corner, a tiny "1.510" inked in blue on front left margin; contents intact and clean; still a very good copy of this highly important and exceedingly scarce Bobby Jones Grand Slam program.