Lot of 3: Original Sketch by Robert Trent Jones, Sr.

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Lot of 3: Original Sketch by Robert Trent Jones, Sr.

One sketch even mentions his favorite golf courses. A well respected and world renown golf course architect, Robert Trent Jones Sr. designed or re-designed about 500 golf courses in at least 40 US states and 35 other countries all around the world. It has been jokingly said that, "The sun never sets on a Robert Trent Jones golf course." Jones attended Cornell University, where he designed his own course of study to become a professional golf course designer, taking courses in landscape architecture, agronomy, horticulture, hydraulics, surveying, public speaking, and economics. Jones returned to his Alma mater Cornell in 1954 to complete the front nine of Robert Trent Jones Golf Course, years earlier he had designed the back nine.

Shortly after World War II, Jones got his first big assignment designing the Peachtree Golf Club in Atlanta in collaboration with golf legend Bobby Jones. Despite the similarity of their names, the two men were not related. In fact Robert began using the middle name "Trent" shortly afterward to avoid confusion. Jones' courses are noted for their artistic landscaping, innovative use of bunkers, liberal use of water hazards, and deft placement of greens and hazards that encourage a high level of strategy. He believed that golf should be a no risk; no reward sport and his designs encouraged daring play. Following a period of failing health, he retired to his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He died there peacefully just a few days short of his 94th birthday. His sons Rees Jones and Robert Trent "Bobby" Jones, Jr., have followed in his footsteps and are now course designers. He sometimes collaborated with his sons. For example, his last design, The Marshes in Ottawa, Canada, is a collaboration with Robert Trent Jones, Jr. and was finished after his death in 2000. Jones received the 1987 Old Tom Morris Award from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, GCSAA's highest honor. He was also inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1987 as well. Each sketch measure 7" x 5" on regular lined paper

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