Bobby Jones

Dr. Jones, an Atlanta-area psychologist who specializes in sports psychology and executive coaching, speaks about the psychological skills his grandfather developed that enabled him to excel at the game of golf – and at life. The presentation examines the people who shaped Bobby Jones – most importantly, his mother and his paternal grandfather (Robert Tyre Jones) – and the psychological skills he developed that enabled him to excel at golf and, later, to cope gracefully with a debilitating illness. The golfer was diagnosed in 1948 with syringomyelia, a painful and degenerative spinal disease that eventually took his life in 1971.

MARBL Curator of Modern Political and Historical Collections Randy Gue discusses an issue of Love Illustrated Magazine from the Sidney L. Matthew Collection, which is featured in the exhibit, “Bobby Jones: The Game of Life.”

MARBL Curator of Modern Political and Historical Collections Randy Gue discusses the matriculation card of Bobby Jones from the Emory University Archives, featured in the exhibit, “Bobby Jones: The Game of Life.”

MARBL Curator of Modern Political and Historical Collections Randy Gue discusses a photograph of Bobby Jones from the Sidney L. Matthew Collection that is featured in the exhibit, “Bobby Jones: The Game of Life.”

MARBL Curator of Modern Political and Historical Collections Randy Gue discusses a rare Bobby Jones artifact featured in the exhibit, “Bobby Jones: The Game of Life.”

MARBL Curator of Modern Political and Historical Collections Randy Gue discusses flipbooks of Bobby Jones from the Sidney L. Matthew Collection that is featured in the exhibit, “Bobby Jones: The Game of Life.”

Sid Matthew, author and historian on legendary golfer Bobby Jones, placed his collection of original and research materials with the Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) in 2012. It opened to researchers in 2014. Also at Emory University on Monday, March 16, 2015, Matthew held a conversation with Randy Gue, curator of MARBL’s Modern Political and Historical collections. They discussed the life and legacy of the famed golfer and Emory alum (Jones attended Emory’s law school). Matthew also talked about his research, collecting, and writing about Jones.