As Jim Thorpe was to football or Jack Dempsey to Boxing, Bobby Jones was to golf. His outstanding career as a golfer and his firm stance on sportsmanship earned him respect that would last for years to come and accelerate golf's transformation into a widely popular sport. Jones was an amateur golfer, but was so talented that he could compete with professionals very aggressively. This further stimulated the trend of idolizing sports heroes, as many felt that Jones was a man of the public and not the elite.
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