Ahead of the 150th Open at St Andrews in July 2022, our Open in Time series is highlighting the remarkable journey of golf’s original Championship.
In our latest article, we take a look at some of the standout events that occurred in 1930, a year that saw Bobby Jones claim Open glory at Royal Liverpool.
One major sporting event began in 1930 as the first FIFA World Cup was held in Uruguay, with the host nation going on to secure glory.
Yet while football’s biggest international event was all new, The Open was already 70 years old and its 65th edition took place just a few weeks before the inaugural World Cup.
It would prove to be an historic Championship as the great Bobby Jones won The Open for the third time on his way to an unprecedented calendar-year Grand Slam.
Jones had already won The Amateur Championship at St Andrews three weeks prior to lifting the Claret Jug. He became only the second man, after John Ball in 1890, to win The Amateur and The Open in the same year.
Subsequent victories at the U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur Championship enabled Jones to complete a truly stunning feat. Incredibly, he then retired from competitive golf at age 28, only returning to feature annually in his own tournament at Augusta National.
Explore other key moments from 1930 at TheOpen.com.
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