Robert (Bobby) Tyre Jones, Jr. (1902-1971) was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Robert Purmedus Jones (1879-1956) and Clara Thomas (1880-1961). He began to play golf at six years old and to participate in amateur competitions at 14. He earned an engineering degree from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1922 and a literature degree from Harvard in 1924, and then went to Emory University Law School in 1926. In 1924, he married Mary Rice Malone (1902-1975) and they had three children, Clara Malone (1925–1994), Robert Tyre III (1926–1973), and Mary Ellen (1931-1977). During his 14 year career as an amateur competitor, Jones played in 52 tournaments, including 31 majors, 13 of which he won. In 1930 he won the first (and so far only) Grand Slam, winning the British Amateur, the British Open, the U.S. Open, and the U.S. Amateur within a year. Shortly afterward, Jones retired from competitive golf to practice law at his father's firm, Jones, Evins, Moore and Powell, but continued his interest in golf by writing books and producing 18 short instruction films. Jones opened the Augusta National Golf Club in 1933; a year later, the club hosted the first Masters Tournament. During World War II, he joined the U.S. Army Air Force and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. In 1974, three years after his death, he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.