In the 80's only 13, I worked at 3am delivering papers before school to pay for this VHS Bobby vid. Only read Jack, Norman and Bobby. Never had many lessons with Keep the swing simple.
Bobby was one of the reasons I got good enough to teach golf for 17 years. I watched ALL of his shows, and have the DVDS. LOL. I also learned a lot from Ben Hogan and of course, the man..Jack, and Tiger. Taught my last 3 private lessons on November 5, 2021. I introduced THOUSANDS to the Game of Life!! Made great money, too! LOL. Life and Golf are Good.
So nice to see. Thank you for posting. And he was a qualified Mechanical Engineer I think which I believe contributes to his 1. superb understanding of the mechanics of a sound swing and 2. ability to explain it - the mechanics and geometry of a solid, repeatable golf swing. "Form is efficiency." His balance. Getting deep into the lead hip and keeping his body angles, not getting cramped and coming up and out of the shot. His understanding that, to allow time to get the speed up, he wanted to complete the turn with a fully extended but fluent left arm, pushing back, not picking up, and loose wristed, the key to getting a whip crack, at and through the ball. And all with honesty and humility. He is my favourite instructor. Tom Watson and Jack are very good instructors, but I think Bobby is the one I seem to "get" most. Good old black and white and very basic gear but sometime simple is best. :)
What I like about bobby jones is how he explains the game, it's down to earth, no fancy high tech , ego,etc. Most pros get to technical on this sport and the average amature cannot understand and improve, lesson today ...keep it simple and play within yourself .
Guys, I have studied Jones for about 2 years. I copied his every move and it did not come easily as modern golf advice poh pah's veterans like Jones: "He's back in the stone age," but gradually I got the idea. His method or madness is very similar to Walter Hagen and the earlier Frances Ouimet and Vardon. Their shafts were whippy, but not all that much different than a fiber glass shaft. Jones controlled with straight left arm close to chest. Here is the big difference,: they moved left knee towards straight right knee almost touching on back swing which allowed the shoulders and hips to turn plenty on top of right leg. All weight is on ankles and torso is quiet upright. All clubs go high and the woods and driver all go past parallel and slightly to right of target like John Daley. The hands are very wristy, almost loose. At the top the left leg moves towards target giving the unwinding spark for the downswing which comes down inside with right elbow close and through the back of the ball like clockwork. The left foot does not slide past original stance mark; it stands tall at impact with head behind ball and then the big high finish. Once you get it, it gives you amazing control and a wonderful crisp pop! I'm 71 years old and the swing is easy on the body!
Been watching the easiest Swing in Golf as a senior I was starting to struggle with the modern way of teaching that swing I've been watching and learning reminds of this great man's swing loose and free poetry in motion and can play freely with no pain
My dad taught me to see the club head out of the corner of my left eye in the backswing. Younger golfers criticize me for swinging like John Daly. And I don’t care.
I'm going to be trying some of this stuff. Strikes me that apart from the big hip turn and crossing the line, as soon as he moves into the downswing his swing wouldn't look out if place on the tour today. What an amazing man. Highly intelligent, insightful and communicates his ideas with wonderful use of the English language. Oh and also a contender for the best golfer in history....
Not only a great golfer, but also the very best sportsman, never taking any advantage of other players, even when the fault was unseen by anyone but him.
Love the movie about him it's a great story and that's why there's always a amateur in the masters every year bobby jones was good enough too go pro but didn't believe the game of golf was all about money
13 majors by 28 years old, then retired. Played before the lift, clean and place rules on the green. Yes he was something special. Oh and who else went months between majors without touching a club, 46 % win record for his career. Yes, there's only one bobby jones.
Just imagine how many modern day “swing coaches” would want to change this wonderful swing. A full arc and such a great striker of the ball. How many modern day players would be this good using hickory clubs?
@@FredCDobbs-er4qd I dont buy that. If clubs, shafts and the ball hadnt changed, and thank God they have, there would still be the Jack and Tiger era and they would have been every bit as good relative to the potential of the equipment. Good is good. Just like Bobby Jones' swing would not be the same using modern clubs, it couldnt. Gary Player talks about how the swing has HAD to change since the days of persimmons and balata balls.
These modern day teachers, for example, Ledbetter have killed many a natural, God-given golf swing... watching golf channel and reading magazines ruined my game as well
The main thing Jones talks about (although his swing is 'loose' and over long mainly because of the equipment, shaft flex & weight) is that the downswing starts by movement and weight pressure in the lower body, a small lateral shift 2-4 inches, before the hands and arms drop and the body turns through. Nearly every tour pro today has a movement left(still 2-4inches) before their hands, arms, club drops into the 'slot' and then everything turns through with power. This is still relevant today.
In my search for a lob wedge, my golf fitter found a Bobby Jones club head, which was mounted on a "modern" shaft. That thing was miraculous, especially out of bunkers. Unfortunately, it was stolen and I have never found anything better. After hitting another great shot out of a bunker, I would yell "Bobby Jones!".
I wonder how many hours Tiger watched Bobby Jones learning techniques from him and modifying them to match his game. Great players learning from great players. I loved Bobby Jones talking about his swing!
Nothing about tigers swing compares to bobby Jones. Jones has a smooth effortless swing , easy on the body. If tiger implemented any of that in his swing he would have not has so many back issues. Adam Scott and louis ousthassen swing more like bobby Jones .
@@sprocket580 There's no evidence that Tiger's back problems were because of his golf swing. Tiger's downward attack angle would definitely break those clubs though. Obviously Tiger could make any adjustment if he wanted to.
This is a pitch for the new talkie actors Cagney and Cook who had just starred in a new mob flick, "The Public Enemy." This established Cagney as the premier movie bad ass. Not surprising since he was directed by the certified hard guy Willie Wellman who flew in the Lafayette Escadrille in WW1. Wellman started out directing and establishing the great cowboy star "Buck" Jones (no realtion to Bob) who was one of the 492 killed in the Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston in November of 1942. (continued).
Before my time, but golf is a game of tradition and honor, and Mr. Jones is the personification of those things so he's a hero of mine for sure. To have and play for years with such a terrible, awful disease is just another fact that shows the courage and strength of the man. Not only is he a great gentleman, but also these films are so entertaining as well. I just love them and his era was truly the golden age of golf leading into Jack and Arnold. thanks so much.
Not mentioning the fact that Gary Player, the most long-life golfer ever, said Bobby Jones had one of, if not the most beautiful swings ever possessed by any human being.
I've read 8 books about Bobby Jones and have so much respect for guys like him that brought class and character to this game. You must wonder what Mr. Jones would have done if he had a healthy body. He suffered from that un-diagnosed disease even as a child and fought health issues all his life that would have stopped most any other human being. Him and Hogan serve as such inspirations to me to keep going myself. I think it's the only game left where character has any meaning at all left. Look at Woods that is simply a scum bag with his code of honor. Many football and basketball players would be in jail if not for sports as I can't even watch them anymore. Anyhow, Palmer, Jack, Bobby, and Gary are people to be very proud of I think.
@@radar0412 bobby was doing what all the greats did when a young golfer came up. Jack's first time seeing bobby on the course he shanked it, bobby left immediately, he didn't want to hurt Jack . Jack said he was so nervous, he just tighten up.
@@ag358 I heard that story a little differently. Bobby Jones was actually following Young Jack Nicklaus, and Nicklaus started choking as a result. That's when Jones backed away. Classy move.
Jones retired at 28 after winning the 4 majors in a row - he's about 29 here. He got $100,000 from Warner Bros for several of these films. - for serious golfer these clips are invaluable. He is the only golfer to win the 4 major tourneys in one year - Ben Hogan might have done it, he won the first 3 but the PGA tourney was a week after the British Open, in those days they went by ship so there was no way he could have made it. Tiger won all 4 in a row but over 2 years.
@@TMar1961 No, he didn't. He won the US Open, the Open Championship, and the PGA in 2000, then won the Masters in 2001. He did not win the Masters in 2000.
@@TMar1961 Yeah, we all know that he won them all consecutively in a 365 day period, but he did not win them all in the same calendar year. It's not about being happy, it's about being accurate. Your first comment was not.
Just a beautiful golf swing. I am so sick of modern golf gurus. They don't know the game. Listen to the only man in the world that did a calender year grand slam!
The modern day "gurus" have nothing over the old time greats. The swing hasn't changed. I read many of the classic instruction books from Jones, Percy Boomer, Ernest Jones etc. Great stuff 👏
Way beyond parallel like Phil and Daly and those were wood shafts and yet he could draw and fade equally. I saw these films years ago and was shocked how good he was and his drives were going 270 yards. He did a film out of bunkers and he would stop the ball to a buried lie and without a sand wedge as they weren't invented yet blasted out shot after shot to a few feet. I was thinking imagine this guy with modern equipment, beautiful fairways, and the balls they use today! Wow! It was like watching Sam Snead in his late 40's hitting 285 to 290 yard drives. Again I was what power.
In 1930, Jones bet on himself in Britain to win the pre-Masters Grand Slam (4 major championships). He collected $60,000, which is $918,136.53 in 2018 buying power. No one has ever equaled this. This is far more amazing than betting you would pitch a no hitter or win the Triple Crown and accomplishing it.
Im not sure if it was his bet or someone else but i do know good friends were placing large bets on him and it worried him that they could lose a lot of money.
Good is Good, today or in 1931 ! Bobby would have been a winner in any area ! With todays equipment, diet and over all commitment to stay in great shape he would be as good as any of the top players today. The guy still had the best swing I ever seen !
The had a physicist and biomechanics expert look into this. Used to be a RUclips video on it. Basically jones driver swing speed was close to top two or three on pga tours highest swing speeds. Meaning he would be among the top handful of longest players in today’s game.
Besides James Cagney, there was another actor Tony Bushell in the scene. Anyone remember him in the old movie "The Scarlet Pimpernel" made in 1934. Played Sir Andrew FFoulkes. In a "Night to Remember" the 1958 version of the sinking of the Titanic, played the captain of the ship "Carpathia" that picked up survivors of the the doomed ship.
At the conclusion of Bobby's speech, they sang he's a jolly good fellow, then a long Scotsman started sing. Will ye no come home again, everyone joined in and there were no dry eyes to be seen.
Absolutely amazing that that man had that control of the ball with those clubs. I didn't see any grooves on the face of the irons and the shafts were wood not to mention the fact that he was probably using a balata ball. I would wager scratch golfers today, and maybe even pro players, would have a difficult time getting the ball in the air with that equipment, especially that 1 iron. You couldn't hide behind superior technological advancements back then, no, all you could rely on was real talent.....and Mr. Jones had it in spades.
04.20...Love the backswing is so inside...with the hands over or outside the right shoulder, club comes across line...downswing has little turn of the shoulders out and then goes inside. No 'dropping in the slot' and then turn. So, left shoulder points at ball and the right shoulder comes in behind the ball, head virtually still.
Bobby Jones played in 31 majors. He won 13 of them and finished in the top 5 27 times. Retired from competitive golf at 28 years old. The man could've won 30 majors
No one swings like Bobby Jones anymore. His swing was smooth, effortless, and on target. Tried that same swing, but being almost 6-4 that is quite difficult. Jones was probably about 5 ft. 4 or 5 and was very limber.
It's not a tall man's game. I'm 6'6" tall and do not see any advantage of being this tall for golf. My clubs are extended 1.5 inches which doesn't help with accuracy. The only thing being tall does is allow you to hit it longer but leaves more room for error.
I think he was the greatest ever, just as Babe Ruth was the greatest ever. Ali was the greatest. Not an old guy , just an athlete who understands hand eye coordination. Today's golf equipment takes anyone who plays now out of the running. It's a joke really, but I love playing with it.
What a beautiful easy swing. What a lovely tempo. So much better to watch than the modern bombers who look like something’s about to burst on every full swing!
Gary Player commented that Bobby Jones' swing was the all time best. Lifting the left heal, ok. Overswing past the parallel, that's fine. Too many coached today over complicate the mechanics of the swing. The renowned best striker of the ball was Mo Norman. And his swing was against all the current experts teachings today.
I stare a hole into the back of the ball through my swing. The same in tennis, never take your eye off the ball, watch it go right into the sweet spot, both sports.
I think it's just the type of person you are and it's not really teachable. I have never focused on the golf ball, the rim in basketball or a mark on the bowling alley. I just conscious of where my target is. People think I'm crazy or lying when I try to explain it. Btw I played 2 of them in college still play a little golf professionally and average 215 bowling. Not to brag just to give some perspective that it actually works but again I think it has to be a very specific individual.
@@chadmichaelmobile4743 Bowling I can understand focusing on the target, but you don't focus on the golf ball even on the downswing? What are you eyes looking at during the takeaway, backswing and downswing?
Can U imagine Him with today's Golf Equipment, Diet, & light Weight Training, just how he would've dominated the PGA Tour? Oh, in today's Golfing attire also...just saying folks.... Fact: His Dad did NOT want him playing Golf, & made him to to Law School. He actually became a member of the State of Georgia Bar. Had he focus only on Golf, WoW! His Law studies took him away from playing Golf.
Todays golfing attire is absurd - guys dress like walking billboards, that will look much stupider in 80 years than this film does today. Not sure diet would have made much difference to his game. I'd rather watch and play golf with wooden driver heads over todays absurd big headed drivers - they're like training wheels for golfers and make the game far too easy. Golf should have limited the tech years ago like every other sport but they're greedy and want that manufacturing money. Honestly only kids, senior citizens and women should be using those massive drivers. This film does look pretty old but if you've ever watched the old shell golf matches they're hands down more entertaining than modern golf in terms of the presentation and equipment.
all the key positions are the same - the lag and the body positions and the release create a lot of power. But mainly the timing and either as a result of or management of the amazing lag.
Very obvious to me is how his shoulders are rotating on the same plane .Some golfers do it unconsciously so they don't notice how important part of their swing it is .Nicklaus and jones never really mention it ,but hey do it every time. Notice how low his right shoulder stays right untill the end of the swing
Yeah cant explain what bobby jones does its just natural . In modern golf terms its all wrong yet all just perfection at the same time. more hinges than a door that god.
It’s also flat as a pancake which like he’s hitting a baseball pitched in the dirt. He perfected it but I don’t know how anyone can say it was the greatest golf swing. For him it was but not for anyone else.
greatness isn't just measured by numbers or years. Babe Ruth was great, none better. Sandy Koufax was great. none better. Wilt Chamberlain would push the Shaq around. Bobby Jones just quit in his prime.. he transcended his sport. that's why he's still talked about almost a 100 years later. Snead, Hogan, and Byron Nelson. all great. greatest ever is a fantasy. means nothing really.
Buck was in Boston to sell war bonds. Some of his Buck's early films introduced an 18 year old Carole Lombard who later married Clark Gable. In January of 1942, Carole went to sell war bonds in her home state of Indiana. On her return to California, she was killed in a plane crash near Las Vegas. And with all these greats - Jim Cagney, Donald Cook, Willie Wellman, "Buck" Jones, Carolle Lombard - the ball beating titan Bob Jones was the star of the moment in 1931. But then, how could he not be?
No. Think instead of a modern "star" playing with a hickory shaft and a rubber ball. Jones could play golf. The modern pro plays "swing so hard that you come out of your shoes" and never worry about where the ball goes because the course has no hazards.
@@FredCDobbs-er4qd Jimmy demerat joked that he lost his ball in the us open rough his caddy went looking and they lost the caddy. Rough was really a penalty back then, bunkers were too, also you could lift, clean, place the ball on the green. If it had mud, you hit it or putted it with the mud.
Are you kidding me! To get a golf lesson from the great Bobby Jones. I never knew these gems existed. What a rare treat!!
I got to caddy for 3 years at East Lake. Mr. Jones is my favorite golfer.
Bobby Jones one of the greatest ever!! Learned more from him than all the modern teachers put together.!!!
In the 80's only 13, I worked at 3am delivering papers before school to pay for this VHS Bobby vid.
Only read Jack, Norman and Bobby.
Never had many lessons with
Keep the swing simple.
Booby Jones, James Cagney and others, this film clip is a treasure.
Yeah, I love Booby.
It is laughable how good this man was. Just look at he swing... The flow of it. Just. Beautiful to watch!
the shafts of his club were wood. not steel. they required a different ,more dancer's like flow.
Reminds me of Sam Snead's swing.
Those old hickory shafts forced a slower swing speed. I wonder what he could do with today's tech...
@@techsysengineer5135 exactly
Amazing Swing
Bobby was one of the reasons I got good enough to teach golf for 17 years. I watched ALL of his shows, and have the DVDS. LOL. I also learned a lot from Ben Hogan and of course, the man..Jack, and Tiger. Taught my last 3 private lessons on November 5, 2021. I introduced THOUSANDS to the Game of Life!! Made great money, too! LOL. Life and Golf are Good.
I inherited some old clubs from my grandfather. They are hard to hit especially with old balls, so it makes Bobby's shots more incredible.
So nice to see. Thank you for posting. And he was a qualified Mechanical Engineer I think which I believe contributes to his 1. superb understanding of the mechanics of a sound swing and 2. ability to explain it - the mechanics and geometry of a solid, repeatable golf swing. "Form is efficiency." His balance. Getting deep into the lead hip and keeping his body angles, not getting cramped and coming up and out of the shot. His understanding that, to allow time to get the speed up, he wanted to complete the turn with a fully extended but fluent left arm, pushing back, not picking up, and loose wristed, the key to getting a whip crack, at and through the ball. And all with honesty and humility. He is my favourite instructor. Tom Watson and Jack are very good instructors, but I think Bobby is the one I seem to "get" most. Good old black and white and very basic gear but sometime simple is best. :)
Absoloutely fantastic, I've heard there was a video of Bob Jones and very happy to have eventually seen this, thanks so much for sharing.
What I like about bobby jones is how he explains the game, it's down to earth, no fancy high tech , ego,etc. Most pros get to technical on this sport and the average amature cannot understand and improve, lesson today ...keep it simple and play within yourself .
Read “Bobby Jones on Golf”. Harvey Penick called it his favorite golf book which is a terrific endorsement. Most public libraries have it.
Guys, I have studied Jones for about 2 years. I copied his every move and it did not come easily as modern golf advice poh pah's veterans like Jones: "He's back in the stone age," but gradually I got the idea. His method or madness is very similar to Walter Hagen and the earlier Frances Ouimet and Vardon. Their shafts were whippy, but not all that much different than a fiber glass shaft. Jones controlled with straight left arm close to chest. Here is the big difference,: they moved left knee towards straight right knee almost touching on back swing which allowed the shoulders and hips to turn plenty on top of right leg. All weight is on ankles and torso is quiet upright. All clubs go high and the woods and driver all go past parallel and slightly to right of target like John Daley. The hands are very wristy, almost loose. At the top the left leg moves towards target giving the unwinding spark for the downswing which comes down inside with right elbow close and through the back of the ball like clockwork. The left foot does not slide past original stance mark; it stands tall at impact with head behind ball and then the big high finish. Once you get it, it gives you amazing control and a wonderful crisp pop! I'm 71 years old and the swing is easy on the body!
Glad you are enjoying golf in your seventies!
@Golden Runway Can you swim? Because with his wild backswings, lots of balls will go in the water too.
@@StephenDoty84 You are obviously the ex-spurt.
Been watching the easiest Swing in Golf as a senior I was starting to struggle with the modern way of teaching that swing I've been watching and learning reminds of this great man's swing loose and free poetry in motion and can play freely with no pain
My dad taught me to see the club head out of the corner of my left eye in the backswing. Younger golfers criticize me for swinging like John Daly. And I don’t care.
Jones was amazing, such a beautiful swing, he makes it look so effortless and easy, the mark of greatness.
Rare footage of the late, great Bobby Jones in action. Priceless.
Nice, easy, loose grip, no tension golf swing and using the momentum of the club!! A true, natural swing!!!
I'm going to be trying some of this stuff. Strikes me that apart from the big hip turn and crossing the line, as soon as he moves into the downswing his swing wouldn't look out if place on the tour today. What an amazing man. Highly intelligent, insightful and communicates his ideas with wonderful use of the English language. Oh and also a contender for the best golfer in history....
I would put him higher than contender
What a swing .... still one of the very best ever
Greatest golfer that has ever lived.
Without a doubt.
Well....at least in that era.
Terrific footage!! Thanks, for posting!!
This full dvd is available from Amazon. It's wonderful
Could you imagine swinging his 1 iron.. his ball striking is incredible
Most definitely the World's All Time Greatest Golfer. 4 Major Tournament wins in the same year. Never been done since.
It's interesting that 80+ years later the same principles of practice vs playing and having a specific plan to practice still apply.
Thank you Bobby Jones, I'm convinced it's all in the hands, grip pressure! Thank you for video! Great stuff,
It's like i'm watching Bruce Lee, the golfer. The swing, and the intelligence to explain very, very clearly what and why he does what techniques.
1st Superstar of this Legendary Game.
Some proper vintage sexism right here 😂
It was all in good fun.
Louise Fazenda played her part very well.
I just love this!! I'm looking forward to improve my game so I'm using golf kinetics, it's working so good!! 🤭
Covering her mouth is priceless!!!
Not only a great golfer, but also the very best sportsman, never taking any advantage of other players, even when the fault was unseen by anyone but him.
Love the movie about him it's a great story and that's why there's always a amateur in the masters every year bobby jones was good enough too go pro but didn't believe the game of golf was all about money
No golf legend ever wrote, or knew, more about golf than Bob Jones.
You mean like Ben Hogan, etc?
He was good for the time.
He swings well and vary natural but I don’t hear a lot of golf IQ in his descriptions
13 majors by 28 years old, then retired. Played before the lift, clean and place rules on the green. Yes he was something special. Oh and who else went months between majors without touching a club, 46 % win record for his career. Yes, there's only one bobby jones.
You’ve never heard of Mac O’Grady or Homer Kelly apparently.
Reading his book and wanted to see his swing. Thanks!!
Just imagine how many modern day “swing coaches” would want to change this wonderful swing. A full arc and such a great striker of the ball. How many modern day players would be this good using hickory clubs?
@@FredCDobbs-er4qd I dont buy that. If clubs, shafts and the ball hadnt changed, and thank God they have, there would still be the Jack and Tiger era and they would have been every bit as good relative to the potential of the equipment. Good is good. Just like Bobby Jones' swing would not be the same using modern clubs, it couldnt. Gary Player talks about how the swing has HAD to change since the days of persimmons and balata balls.
Craig, check out the Brian Sparks swing coach videos on You tube for someone successfully teaching this type of swing.
These modern day teachers, for example, Ledbetter have killed many a natural, God-given golf swing... watching golf channel and reading magazines ruined my game as well
@@brandonjordan2516 jones went months between majors without picking up a club, then he won, that's in a class of his own.
@@cebukid70 Who has Ledbetter killed that would have been great otherwise? He helped Nick Price and Nick Faldo win majors.
The main thing Jones talks about (although his swing is 'loose' and over long mainly because of the equipment, shaft flex & weight) is that the downswing starts by movement and weight pressure in the lower body, a small lateral shift 2-4 inches, before the hands and arms drop and the body turns through. Nearly every tour pro today has a movement left(still 2-4inches) before their hands, arms, club drops into the 'slot' and then everything turns through with power. This is still relevant today.
Oh shut up. Nobody wants to hear any of your over complicated prattle. Golf is a simple game.
Golden Runway simple game that’s hard to play
In my search for a lob wedge, my golf fitter found a Bobby Jones club head, which was mounted on a "modern" shaft. That thing was miraculous, especially out of bunkers. Unfortunately, it was stolen and I have never found anything better. After hitting another great shot out of a bunker, I would yell "Bobby Jones!".
5:15 sign language "I can't breathe"
Jones was just one cool dude. Greatness is in the eye of the beholder. not stats. different eras.
Great show people Les from Perth WA 💯💯💯👍👍👍
Only practices untlil his mind starts to wander. Best tip ever.
I wonder how many hours Tiger watched Bobby Jones learning techniques from him and modifying them to match his game. Great players learning from great players. I loved Bobby Jones talking about his swing!
Nothing about tigers swing compares to bobby Jones. Jones has a smooth effortless swing , easy on the body. If tiger implemented any of that in his swing he would have not has so many back issues. Adam Scott and louis ousthassen swing more like bobby Jones .
@@sprocket580 There's no evidence that Tiger's back problems were because of his golf swing. Tiger's downward attack angle would definitely break those clubs though. Obviously Tiger could make any adjustment if he wanted to.
Probably zero hours. Nice try bozo.
I bet the feminist love this film...
_"Take the ball and go over there in the practice fairway."_
Wow. Yeah, they would get skinned for that.
Just think 🤔 true.
Many women just talk to much during any activity.
Who cares.
I didn't get this comment at first. But I get it now ahahahahahahahhahahahashhahahahahahahhahahah when the dude gags her I almost died
So interested to see how these guys would react to modern equipment
This is a pitch for the new talkie actors Cagney and Cook who had just starred in a new mob flick, "The Public Enemy." This established Cagney as the premier movie bad ass. Not surprising since he was directed by the certified hard guy Willie Wellman who flew in the Lafayette Escadrille in WW1. Wellman started out directing and establishing the great cowboy star "Buck" Jones (no realtion to Bob) who was one of the 492 killed in the Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston in November of 1942. (continued).
Before my time, but golf is a game of tradition and honor, and Mr. Jones is the personification of those things so he's a hero of mine for sure. To have and play for years with such a terrible, awful disease is just another fact that shows the courage and strength of the man. Not only is he a great gentleman, but also these films are so entertaining as well. I just love them and his era was truly the golden age of golf leading into Jack and Arnold. thanks so much.
Not mentioning the fact that Gary Player, the most long-life golfer ever, said Bobby Jones had one of, if not the most beautiful swings ever possessed by any human being.
I've read 8 books about Bobby Jones and have so much respect for guys like him that brought class and character to this game. You must wonder what Mr. Jones would have done if he had a healthy body. He suffered from that un-diagnosed disease even as a child and fought health issues all his life that would have stopped most any other human being. Him and Hogan serve as such inspirations to me to keep going myself. I think it's the only game left where character has any meaning at all left. Look at Woods that is simply a scum bag with his code of honor. Many football and basketball players would be in jail if not for sports as I can't even watch them anymore.
Anyhow, Palmer, Jack, Bobby, and Gary are people to be very proud of I think.
Best golfer ever
Jones once said of Jack Nicklaus, "He plays a game I am not familiar with". I think Jack said the same thing about Tiger. Lol..
@@radar0412 bobby was doing what all the greats did when a young golfer came up. Jack's first time seeing bobby on the course he shanked it, bobby left immediately, he didn't want to hurt Jack . Jack said he was so nervous, he just tighten up.
@@ag358 I heard that story a little differently. Bobby Jones was actually following Young Jack Nicklaus, and Nicklaus started choking as a result. That's when Jones backed away. Classy move.
Jones retired at 28 after winning the 4 majors in a row - he's about 29 here. He got $100,000 from Warner Bros for several of these films. - for serious golfer these clips are invaluable. He is the only golfer to win the 4 major tourneys in one year - Ben Hogan might have done it, he won the first 3 but the PGA tourney was a week after the British Open, in those days they went by ship so there was no way he could have made it. Tiger won all 4 in a row but over 2 years.
Actually Tiger did it over the span of 1 calendar year but 2 different golf seasons.
@@TMar1961 No, he didn't. He won the US Open, the Open Championship, and the PGA in 2000, then won the Masters in 2001. He did not win the Masters in 2000.
@@patrickmorgan4006 He won them all within a 365 day period, a year but 2 different golf seasons. Happy now?
@@TMar1961 Yeah, we all know that he won them all consecutively in a 365 day period, but he did not win them all in the same calendar year. It's not about being happy, it's about being accurate. Your first comment was not.
@@patrickmorgan4006 Correct.
The best part of this 10:40 minutes is @10:15 when the ball flies past the camera
That's awesome
As short as this instructional film is, I wish i had a dvd of it or something. Thanks for the upload! ... Bobby J!
I have the whole set on dvd, google it. It's worth the cost.
Just a beautiful golf swing. I am so sick of modern golf gurus. They don't know the game. Listen to the only man in the world that did a calender year grand slam!
The modern day "gurus" have nothing over the old time greats. The swing hasn't changed. I read many of the classic instruction books from Jones, Percy Boomer, Ernest Jones etc.
Great stuff 👏
Coming out soon! Nice did they pick a date for 2022 yet?!?
his head never moves
Way beyond parallel like Phil and Daly and those were wood shafts and yet he could draw and fade equally. I saw these films years ago and was shocked how good he was and his drives were going 270 yards. He did a film out of bunkers and he would stop the ball to a buried lie and without a sand wedge as they weren't invented yet blasted out shot after shot to a few feet. I was thinking imagine this guy with modern equipment, beautiful fairways, and the balls they use today! Wow!
It was like watching Sam Snead in his late 40's hitting 285 to 290 yard drives. Again I was what power.
In 1930, Jones bet on himself in Britain to win the pre-Masters Grand Slam (4 major championships). He collected $60,000, which is $918,136.53 in 2018 buying power. No one has ever equaled this. This is far more amazing than betting you would pitch a no hitter or win the Triple Crown and accomplishing it.
Im not sure if it was his bet or someone else but i do know good friends were placing large bets on him and it worried him that they could lose a lot of money.
Can you even imagine what he could have done with the modern equipment?
With golf club and ball improvements he would carry the ball 400 plus
Probably wouldn’t be that good in today’s game.
Good is Good, today or in 1931 ! Bobby would have been a winner in any area ! With todays equipment, diet and over all commitment to stay in great shape he would be as good as any of the top players today. The guy still had the best swing I ever seen !
@@defendingthefaith.7889 lol it was a much more difficult game back then. The equipment, traveling and money was worse longer and less.
The had a physicist and biomechanics expert look into this. Used to be a RUclips video on it. Basically jones driver swing speed was close to top two or three on pga tours highest swing speeds. Meaning he would be among the top handful of longest players in today’s game.
Besides James Cagney, there was another actor Tony Bushell in the scene. Anyone remember him in the old movie "The Scarlet Pimpernel" made in 1934. Played Sir Andrew FFoulkes. In a "Night to Remember" the 1958 version of the sinking of the Titanic, played the captain of the ship "Carpathia" that picked up survivors of the the doomed ship.
Only two persons ever were named a Freeman of the City of St Andrews, Scotland: Benjamin Franklin in 1759 and Bobby Jones in 1958.
At the conclusion of Bobby's speech, they sang he's a jolly good fellow, then a long Scotsman started sing. Will ye no come home again, everyone joined in and there were no dry eyes to be seen.
Would have been funnier if on her second shot she pured it 250
That's what I was thinking. The whole thing would have been funny if she crunched the ball.
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Bobby hit it after filming !
Absolutely amazing that that man had that control of the ball with those clubs.
I didn't see any grooves on the face of the irons and the shafts were wood not to mention the fact that he was probably using a balata ball.
I would wager scratch golfers today, and maybe even pro players, would have a difficult time getting the ball in the air with that equipment, especially that 1 iron.
You couldn't hide behind superior technological advancements back then, no, all you could rely on was real talent.....and Mr. Jones had it in spades.
04.20...Love the backswing is so inside...with the hands over or outside the right shoulder, club comes across line...downswing has little turn of the shoulders out and then goes inside. No 'dropping in the slot' and then turn. So, left shoulder points at ball and the right shoulder comes in behind the ball, head virtually still.
Cagney's also studying Jones' accent. "I may need that someday."
Reminds me of the old Harry Enfield 'Women! Know your limits!' skit. 😂
GOAT
Breaks his wrist at top of swing NO top golfers do that these days but what a beautiful swing ,no wonder
he is legend.
It's called lag and every player who is any good at all has lag. Lag is literally the only way to gain swing speed
*clubhead speed
Sean Reese ur wrong, you don’t break ur wrist angle to get lag. No pros have cocked wrist
@@nathanshirley9671 if they have a ninety degree angle at the top, the wrists are loaded or cocked.
What a beautiful swing.
hitting the ball flush from the deck with a 1 iron is just...GODLIKE
It is although, by modern loft standards, his 1 iron is equivalent to a 3 iron today.
@@Kaddywompous with no technology...so, it's still harder to hit.
Way inside on the way back across the line at the top lifting the left foot almost no body rotation. Flushes it everytime. This mans feel is unmatched
Almost no body rotation????
Bobby Jones played in 31 majors. He won 13 of them and finished in the top 5 27 times. Retired from competitive golf at 28 years old. The man could've won 30 majors
All true. Thanks for mentioning it.
Don't forget he didn't touch his clubs for months between majors, now that is genius.
The opening caption says it's no 11 in a series. Are the others available on YT?
You know what, you're right as far as the human body is concerned. It's easier on the back if the hips start the backswing. Bravo.
one of the greatest of all time
The hip turn is remarkable.
Wow, what a sweet swing.
Anthony Arnatt Bushell died in 1997 at 93 years old but himself and James are so young in this recording. Fascinating to watch.
this footage quality is better than most cameras today.
Nice! is very good for me! thanks you mr.bobby jones!
No one swings like Bobby Jones anymore. His swing was smooth, effortless, and on target. Tried that same swing, but being almost 6-4 that is quite difficult. Jones was probably about 5 ft. 4 or 5 and was very limber.
5 ft 8 in
There were golfers of that era above 6ft. Long jim barnes was 6ft 4 in. Very long driver and smooth
It's not a tall man's game. I'm 6'6" tall and do not see any advantage of being this tall for golf. My clubs are extended 1.5 inches which doesn't help with accuracy. The only thing being tall does is allow you to hit it longer but leaves more room for error.
If you don't pipe down, I'll give ya a what-have-ya!
I think he was the greatest ever, just as Babe Ruth was the greatest ever. Ali was the greatest. Not an old guy , just an athlete who understands hand eye coordination. Today's golf equipment takes anyone who plays now out of the running. It's a joke really, but I love playing with it.
What a beautiful easy swing. What a lovely tempo. So much better to watch than the modern bombers who look like something’s about to burst on every full swing!
Gary Player commented that Bobby Jones' swing was the all time best.
Lifting the left heal, ok. Overswing past the parallel, that's fine.
Too many coached today over complicate the mechanics of the swing.
The renowned best striker of the ball was Mo Norman. And his swing was against all the current experts teachings today.
Bagger Vance brought me here
He doesn't look at the ball, just concious of its location. That's interesting.
I stare a hole into the back of the ball through my swing. The same in tennis, never take your eye off the ball, watch it go right into the sweet spot, both sports.
I think it's just the type of person you are and it's not really teachable. I have never focused on the golf ball, the rim in basketball or a mark on the bowling alley. I just conscious of where my target is. People think I'm crazy or lying when I try to explain it. Btw I played 2 of them in college still play a little golf professionally and average 215 bowling. Not to brag just to give some perspective that it actually works but again I think it has to be a very specific individual.
@@chadmichaelmobile4743 You understand. They do not.
I found that very interesting. All teaching pros have told me never take your eye off the ball.
@@chadmichaelmobile4743 Bowling I can understand focusing on the target, but you don't focus on the golf ball even on the downswing? What are you eyes looking at during the takeaway, backswing and downswing?
Can U imagine Him with today's Golf Equipment, Diet, & light Weight Training, just how he would've dominated the PGA Tour? Oh, in today's Golfing attire also...just saying folks.... Fact: His Dad did NOT want him playing Golf, & made him to to Law School. He actually became a member of the State of Georgia Bar. Had he focus only on Golf, WoW! His Law studies took him away from playing Golf.
Todays golfing attire is absurd - guys dress like walking billboards, that will look much stupider in 80 years than this film does today. Not sure diet would have made much difference to his game. I'd rather watch and play golf with wooden driver heads over todays absurd big headed drivers - they're like training wheels for golfers and make the game far too easy. Golf should have limited the tech years ago like every other sport but they're greedy and want that manufacturing money. Honestly only kids, senior citizens and women should be using those massive drivers.
This film does look pretty old but if you've ever watched the old shell golf matches they're hands down more entertaining than modern golf in terms of the presentation and equipment.
Holy crap! Look at the angle of Bobby's left arm at the top of his back swing. It's past 11 o'clock. 5:26
So what? He's like a cooked spaghetti noodle.
Bobby jones is unbelievable ! It's funny most of the stuff he takes about goes against everything they teach now a days ..lol ,, modern swing is shit
Discipline and ease at once. All the tension is in his jaw, like they were wired shut.
Damn all that lag....... Man super buttery !
Does any once else think Bobby and Mitch have the same delivery when speaking lol
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It’s amazing how many people, no matter what their status is in our society look up to a great golfer.
Any idea where this was filmed? Wonder if the course is still there.
all the key positions are the same - the lag and the body positions and the release create a lot of power. But mainly the timing and either as a result of or management of the amazing lag.
Just how women should be: SILENT. 🤐👌🤣
i think his tilted head position allows him to get into a bigger turn easier.
Very obvious to me is how his shoulders are rotating on the same plane .Some golfers do it unconsciously so they don't notice how important part of their swing it is .Nicklaus and jones never really mention it ,but hey do it every time. Notice how low his right shoulder stays right untill the end of the swing
Yeah cant explain what bobby jones does its just natural . In modern golf terms its all wrong yet all just perfection at the same time. more hinges than a door that god.
It’s also flat as a pancake which like he’s hitting a baseball pitched in the dirt. He perfected it but I don’t know how anyone can say it was the greatest golf swing. For him it was but not for anyone else.
greatness isn't just measured by numbers or years. Babe Ruth was great, none better. Sandy Koufax was great. none better. Wilt Chamberlain would push the Shaq around. Bobby Jones just quit in his prime.. he transcended his sport. that's why he's still talked about almost a 100 years later. Snead, Hogan, and Byron Nelson. all great. greatest ever is a fantasy. means nothing really.
best swing in the history of the game.
Stop it.
Moe Norman best swing
Buck was in Boston to sell war bonds. Some of his Buck's early films introduced an 18 year old Carole Lombard who later married Clark Gable. In January of 1942, Carole went to sell war bonds in her home state of Indiana. On her return to California, she was killed in a plane crash near Las Vegas. And with all these greats - Jim Cagney, Donald Cook, Willie Wellman, "Buck" Jones, Carolle Lombard - the ball beating titan Bob Jones was the star of the moment in 1931. But then, how could he not be?
Imagine bobby jones with modern blade irons and a modern driver !
No. Think instead of a modern "star" playing with a hickory shaft and a rubber ball. Jones could play golf. The modern pro plays "swing so hard that you come out of your shoes" and never worry about where the ball goes because the course has no hazards.
@@FredCDobbs-er4qd Jimmy demerat joked that he lost his ball in the us open rough his caddy went looking and they lost the caddy. Rough was really a penalty back then, bunkers were too, also you could lift, clean, place the ball on the green. If it had mud, you hit it or putted it with the mud.