Jess Sweetser teeing off – 1927

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Jess Sweetser teeing off. “Sweetser won the 1922 U.S. Amateur Championship at the age of 20, defeating Bobby Jones 8 & 7 in the semifinal and then Chick Evans 3 & 2 in the final match”. He was also the first American-born player to win the British Amateur Championship in 1926.
” In 1986, he was named the Bob Jones Award winner, given in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf”.