The Grand Slam

Bobby Jones, America, and the Story of Golf

By: Mark Frost

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

In the wake of the stock-market crash and the dawn of the Great Depression, a ray of light emerged from the world of sports. In the summer of 1930, Bobby Jones, a 28-year-old amateur golfer, mounted a campaign against the record books. In four months, this natural, self-taught player conquered the British Amateur Championship, the British Open, the United States Open, and finally the United States Amateur Championship, an achievement so extraordinary that writers dubbed it the Grand Slam. No one has ever repeated it.

Yet, soon after the Grand Slam, Jones made the shocking announcement that he was retiring from the game. His abrupt disappearance from the public eye helped create the mythological image of this hero from the Golden Age of sports that endures to this day. Mark Frost uses a wealth of original research to provide an unprecedented intimate portrait of golf great Bobby Jones.

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Critic reviews

"A swift, surefooted account of Jones's remarkable life and career." (Publishers Weekly)
"Frost does a fine job of recounting the tenor of the times....Highly recommended for all sports collections." (Library Journal)

An Authentic Sports Hero

Terrific account of a man who, by all examples, is what we’d like to see in athletes and celebrities through the ages. Blessed in success and gritty in challenge, the reader will cheer for him and admire him. Well done narration, as usual, by Grover Gardner. Even as a non- golfer, there are enjoyable accounts of matches that served to educate and entertain.

Incredible story.

Hated to have to stop listening, and was bummed when it was over. What a story. He was special in so many ways.

Fabulously told story of an American legend

Excellent job setting time and place, carrying you through the years of Bobby jones influence. Excellent narration

A great lesson in history

This is not just a story about golf, but a lesson in history. Mark Frost does a wonderful job telling the story of Bobby Jones and putting some great stories about history in the middle of it. You will learn a lot with this Audiobook. Grover Gardner does a wonderful job again.

Grand In All

Dignity, grace and greatness are often hard to find together, and even more difficult to reconcile when they are discovered among one another. Mark Frost writes about the life of the life of Bobby Jones, a man who embodied those traits, with a grace and skill worthy of Mr. Jones.