Golf Links to the Past The Squire & Bobby: Signed Photo & Letter

This signed photograph of Gene Sarazen is accompanied by a letter from Bobby Jones to sportswriter Charles Price. The letter refers to the Shell golf matches that Sarazen and Price worked on together and takes Price to task for the poor quality of the golf courses the matches were played on. Jones does admit a fondness for Price and Sarazen that forces him to watch the matches despite his distaste for the venues. Archivally matted and framed, this classic piece is a tribute to true heros of the game.

Gene Sarazen
Eugenio Saraceni, better known as Gene Sarazen was one of the most influential professional golfers of the 20th century and helped establish the Masters as one of the world's greatest golf tournaments. He holed a 235-yard shot with his 4-wood from the fairway on the par-5, 15th hole at Augusta National that went in for a double-eagle two and led him to a victory in the 1935 Masters.

The first golfer to win all four majors in a career; Sarazen won seven majors in all, including both the U.S. and British Opens in 1932. He won 38 PGA titles; led the PGA Tour in earnings in 1930 and 1932, was named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year in 1932, was a charter member of the World Golf Hall of Fame (1974) and won the PGA Tour's first Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996. From 1981 to 1999, he joined Byron Nelson and Sam Snead in hitting a ceremonial tee shot before each Masters tournament. He was credited with making sand wedge popular when he debuted the club at the British Open in 1932.