Ana ɗaukar Bobby Jones a matsayin babban ɗan wasan golf mafi girma a kowane lokaci kuma ɗaya daga cikin manyan mutane masu tasiri a tarihin golf. Duk da cewa bai taba taka leda ba, amma ya mamaye wasanni a shekarun 1920, inda ya samu manyan nasarori goma sha uku a matsayin dan wasan mai son, gami da nasarar da ba ta misaltuwa na lashe Grand Slam a shekarar 1930. Jones ba kawai fitaccen dan wasan golf ba ne, har ma ya kasance dan uwan wanda ya kafa fitaccen dan wasa. Augusta National Golf Club kuma wanda ya kafa Masters, daya daga cikin manyan gasa a golf. A cikin wannan labarin, mun zurfafa cikin aikin Bobby Jones, gado da tasirin golf.
Shekarun Farko da Cigaba
An haifi Bobby Jones a ranar 17 ga Maris, 1902 a Atlanta, Georgia. Ya fara wasan golf tun yana ƙarami kuma cikin sauri ya zama sananne saboda gwanintarsa na musamman. Yana da shekaru 14, ya yi takara a gasar Amateur Championship ta Amurka kuma ya kai wasan dab da na kusa da na karshe, abin da ya kawo masa suna cikin sauri a fagen wasan golf.
An san Jones don basirarsa da nasarorin ilimi; Ya karanta shari'a a Jami'ar Harvard da Makarantar Shari'a ta Jami'ar Emory, kuma aikinsa na wasan golf ya kasance mai ban sha'awa kamar wasan golf. Koyaya, ya ci gaba da haɓaka sha'awar golf kuma ya fara haɓakarsa a duniyar golf a cikin 1920s.
A cikin 1923, Jones ya lashe Majorsa na farko, US Open, wanda ke nuna farkon ikonsa a wasanni. Tsakanin 1923 zuwa 1930, Jones ya ci nasara a ƙasa da Majors 13, gami da Buɗaɗɗen Amurka guda huɗu, Masoyan Amurka biyar, Buɗaɗɗen Biritaniya uku da Amateur na Burtaniya ɗaya. Wannan nasarar, ba tare da ƙware ba, ta sa ya zama na musamman a duniyar golf.
Nasarar da ba a cika ba - Grand Slam na 1930
Babban nasarorin da Bobby Jones ya samu ya zo ne a cikin 1930, lokacin da ya zama ɗan wasan golf ɗaya tilo a tarihi da ya lashe Grand Slam a cikin kalandar shekara guda. A wancan lokacin, Grand Slam ya kunshi lashe gasa hudu: US Open, US Amateur, British Open da kuma British Amateur. Jones ya lashe su duka a cikin wannan shekara guda, yana tabbatar da matsayinsa a matsayin babban dan wasan golf a zamaninsa.
Nasarar da ya yi a Grand Slam ta sa ya zama gwarzon wasanni na duniya kuma ya ba shi suna sosai. Bayan nasararsa ta Grand Slam, Jones ya yi ritaya daga gasar golf yana da shekara 28. Shawarar da ya yanke na yin ritaya a lokacin da ya fara aiki ya ba da mamaki kamar yadda ya mamaye kotu. Jones ya so ya mai da hankali kan aikin shari'arsa da danginsa, amma za a ji tasirinsa kan golf shekaru da yawa.
Salon Wasa Da Ƙarfin Tunani
Abin da ya sa Bobby Jones ya zama na musamman shi ne haɗin kai na musamman na kamalar fasaha da ƙarfin tunani. Yana da ruwa mai ƙarfi da kuma motsi mai ƙarfi, wanda mutane da yawa suka ɗauki misalin kamala. Jones yana da zurfin fahimtar injiniyoyin wasan kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin ƴan wasan golf na farko da suka tunkari golf a matsayin horon kimiyya.
Baya ga fasahar fasaha, Jones kuma an san shi da taurin hankalinsa. Ya sami damar kwanciyar hankali a ƙarƙashin matsananciyar matsi kuma galibi yana yin mafi kyau lokacin da ya fi dacewa. Ƙarfinsa na taka leda da dabaru da kuma horon da ya ba shi ya tabbatar da cewa ya yi fice sau da kafa a manyan gasa.
Augusta National da Kafa Masters
Ko da yake Bobby Jones ya yi ritaya daga gasar golf bayan 1930, ya ci gaba da yin tasiri sosai a wasanni. Gudunmawarsa mafi ɗorewa ga golf ita ce kafuwar Augusta National Golf Club a cikin 1933. Tare da masanin wasan golf Alister MacKenzie, Jones sun tsara ɗayan mafi kyawun darussan wasan golf a duniya, wanda ke Augusta, Georgia.
A cikin 1934, Jones ya kirkiro gasar Masters, wanda aka gudanar a Augusta National. Wannan gasa ta zama ɗaya daga cikin Manyan Manyan guda huɗu a cikin ƙwararrun golf kuma ana ɗaukar ɗayan manyan gasa mafi girma a duniya. Jones ya ci gaba da taka rawar gani a cikin Masters ko da bayan ya yi ritaya, kuma gasar ta ci gaba da yin bikin gadonsa har yau.
Masters na musamman ne saboda al'adu da dabi'un da Bobby Jones ya kafa a gasar. Daga shahararren Green Jacket da aka ba wanda ya yi nasara ga gayyata ga masu son shiga gasar, gasar tana nuna dabi'un da Jones ke da shi sosai: wasanni, mutunci da girmamawa ga wasan.
Tasirin Bobby Jones akan Golf na Zamani
Kodayake Bobby Jones ya kasance babban ɗan wasan golf, tasirinsa ya wuce abin da ya yi a fagen wasan golf. Sau da yawa ana la'akari da shi a matsayin daya daga cikin wadanda suka kafa wasan golf na zamani, kuma tsarinsa na wasan a matsayin hade da horo na jiki da tunani ya kasance haske mai jagora ga 'yan wasa na kowane mataki.
Jones kuma ya kasance majagaba a cikin ƙwarewar wasan golf. Ko da yake shi kansa bai taba zama kwararre ba, ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen samar da damammaki na kasuwanci don wasan golf da kuma taimakawa wajen sauya hoton wasan. Shigarsa cikin bidiyoyi na koyarwa da rubuce-rubucensa masu tasiri, gami da littattafan golf da kasidunsa, sun yi tasiri mai ɗorewa akan yadda ake koyar da wasan golf.
Shekarun Baya da Matsalolin Lafiya
A cikin shekaru bayan ya yi ritaya, Bobby Jones ya fuskanci matsalolin lafiya sosai. A cikin 1948 an gano shi yana da sirinji, yanayin zafi wanda ya shafi jijiyoyi a cikin kashin bayansa. Wannan yanayin ya bar shi a cikin keken hannu a cikin shekarun rayuwarsa, amma Jones ya ci gaba da shiga golf da Masters har zuwa mutuwarsa a 1971.
Juriyarsa da martabarsa wajen magance rashin lafiyarsa, da kuma kyawunsa a fagen wasan golf, sun tabbatar da matsayinsa na ɗaya daga cikin fitattun mutane a tarihin wasanni.
Legacy and Tribute
Bobby Jones ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin manyan mutane masu tasiri a tarihin golf. Nasarar Grand Slam na 1930 har yanzu ana ɗaukarsa ɗaya daga cikin manyan nasarorin da ya samu a wasan, kuma rawar da ya taka wajen ƙirƙirar Augusta National da Masters ya ba shi matsayi mai dorewa a tarihin golf.
Jones wani labari ne ba kawai don nasarorin da ya samu a kan wasan golf ba, har ma don halinsa da gudunmawarsa ga dabi'un wasanni. Har yanzu ana kallonsa a matsayin alamar wasa da mutunci, kuma tasirinsa ya wuce wasan golf. Abinda ya gada yana rayuwa a cikin Masters, wanda kowace shekara ke murna da al'adu da dabi'un da Jones ya ke so.
Kammalawa
Bobby Jones ya kasance daya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasan golf da suka fi tasiri a tarihin wasanni. Tare da manyan nasarori 13 da Grand Slam kadai a tarihin golf, shi almara ne a fagen wasan golf. Gudunmawar da ya bayar wajen kafa Augusta National da Masters ta ba shi matsayi mai ɗorewa a tarihin wasan golf. Halinsa, wasan motsa jiki da basirarsa sun kafa misali ga tsararraki na 'yan wasan golf, kuma gadonsa yana rayuwa a cikin dabi'un da ya sanya a cikin wasanni.
