Bobby Jones Signed 1960 'Golf Is My Game' Book to Friend Charles Price JSA ALOA

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Bobby Jones Signed 1960 'Golf Is My Game' Book to Friend Charles Price

Offered here is a copy of "Golf is My Game" by Bobby Jones. It is the second and final autobiography of Jones presenting in its 255 page text the grace and class of the man which exceeded his well known success on the golf course. On the first inside pages you will see a small note addressed to friend and historian Charley Price from Jones. It reads as follows:

Charley Price
With best regards and many thanks for your help,

Bob Jones

The book has stood the test of time over the years, still presenting itself in top notch condition. There are points of natural wear from Price's review over the years. The admiration Jones had for Charlie Price and vice versa can almost be felt as you hold this treasured personal copy in your hands. James Spence Authentication (JSA) has reviewed the signature of Bobby Jones and their letter of authenticity will come with this lot.

The Charles Price Collection
If golf had a Renaissance man, surely it was Charles Price. For nearly 50 years he touched the golf community with his flair for writing, a Hemingway of the fairways. Over that span his stylish writing was combined with an intimate players knowledge of the game based on his 1947-48 appearances as an amateur on the PGA Tour. This provided Price with a unique skill set to relate to players not found among his fellow golf scribes. He was highly respected by Bobby Jones as a writer and friend with the two visiting often for one-on-one conversations. He became a historian of the game through his time living with Walter Hagen, traveling with Gene Sarazen on "Shell's Wonderful World of Golf", competing with Ben Hogan & Sam Snead and writing about the careers of Jack Nicklaus & Arnold Palmer since they were college age players . Among his 17 books authored, co-authored or contributed to were "A Golf Story" (about The Masters, Augusta National and Jones); along with "The World of Golf: A Panorama of Six Centuries of the Game's History", and "Golfer-at-Large" all considered classics in golf literature.

The founding editor of GOLF Magazine in 1958, Price formulated the model for the game's contemporary magazines, and through columns for "Golf" and later "Golf Digest" where he spent his last dozen years his thoughtful analysis and retrospection presented the game.

He was the first golf director at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island and is largely responsible for establishing the Heritage Classic in 1969, one of the most prestigious events on the PGA Tour. These accomplishments led to countless far ranging awards in the golfing community which included 1988 recognition as one of the 100 Heroes of the First Century of Golf, the 1987 Donald Ross Award from Golf Course Architects and in 1985 he was elected by the Golf Writers Association of America to receive its tenth Memorial Gold Journalism Award, sponsored by Jack Nicklaus. His first place writing competition awards from the G.W.A.A. are too voluminous to list in this short space. We at The Golf Auction would like to thank Charles Price's widow Laurie Rider for entrusting us with Charley's life-long golf acquisitions, and are appreciative of her desire to allow the collecting public to share in his love of the game.

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