Jack Nicklaus’ Memorial Bridge from Bobby Jones: Scioto CC

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Published: May 30, 2011

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Reposted.   Featured Columnist Andy Reistetter continues his exclusive "Play-Write" series for the Bleacher Report with one of American golf's true treasures- the Scioto CC. Having the opportunity to play shortly after this year's Memorial Tournament was a spiritual sojourn for the author. Here is his sixth article in the series including his thoughts on how vital Scioto CC is to what we now know as the modern game of golf and our fascination with its legacy.           Twelve different British golfers won the first 16 United States Opens.

By the time Scioto Country Club hosted the U. S. Open in 1926, only 15 years had passed since John McDermott became the first American-born golfer to win the prestigious title.

Then, McDermott defended the title in 1912.

The very next year, Francis Ouimet did the unthinkable at Brookline CC not only by beating the British for a third year in a row but by doing so as an amateur.

Another lifetime amateur American golfer, Bobby Jones, would win that 1926 U.S. Open at Scioto CC in the middle of the Roaring Twenties.

It was surely a period of growth for American golf, even more so than what we experienced in the 1980's and 1990's with the boom in golf course construction. This was the era for seeing golf for the very first time, and for wanting to learn how to play it.

At the 1922 U.S. Open, spectator tickets were sold for the first time at Skokie Country Club, just outside Chicago.

By 1924, the U.S.G.A. was forced to introduce sectional qualifying because there were more golfers that wanted to compete for the title of our Nation's Champion.

Bobby Jones started his seven year conquest of majors with a victory in the 1923 U.S. Open at Inwood CC just outside Manhattan on Long Island.

His amazing streak of winning 13 of the 20 majors he entered ended with his retirement from golf...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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