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. The tournament has raised over $300,000 for Syringomyelia research and support for Syringomyelia patients. It is named after Bobby Jones, considered the greatest amateur

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er ever. In 1930 at the age of 28, he won the

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and

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s and the U.S. and British Amateur Championships. To date, no one has duplicated that record. He was stricken with

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, a disorder of the

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which eventually led to his death in 1971.

Winners

Year; Low Gross; Low Net, Golf Course; City/State 1979 No-Sag (Republic), Federal a
Pine Lake Country Club
- Orchard Lake, MI 1980 No-Sag (Republic), Federal at Tyrone Hills - Fenton, MI 1981 Tonn&Blank (Indiana), W. Virginia at Tyrone Hills - Fenton, MI 1982 Derby City Jr., Tyree at Tyrone Hills - Fenton, MI 1983 Tyree, Republic at Tyrone Hills - Fenton, MI 1984 Derby City Jr., New Jersey at U of M Golf Course -

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1985 Derby City Jr., Indiana at U of M Golf Course - Ann Arbor, MI 1986 Tyree, Grey Wally at U of M Golf Course - Ann Arbor, MI 1987 Tyree, Derby City Jr. at U of M Golf Course - Ann Arbor, MI 1988 Derby City Jr., Kingsmill at U of M Golf Course - Ann Arbor, MI 1989 Derby City Jr., Iron Man at U of M Golf Course - Ann Arbor, MI 1990 Iron Man, Builder at Lincolnshire Resort -

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1991 Derby City Jr., Iron Man at Fox Hills -

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1992 Kingsmill, Iron Man at Cordova Club -

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1993 Kingsmill, Iron Man at Eagle Crest -

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1994 Kingsmill, R.D. at Bent Tree -

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1995 R.D., Builder at Eagle Crest - Ypsilanti, MI 1996 R.D., Derby City Jr. at Eagle Creek -

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1997 Iron Man, R.D. at Eagle Crest - Ypsilanti, MI 1998 Kingsmill, Derby City Jr. at Country Club of

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- Chicago, IL 1999 Holly, Derby City Jr. at Country Club of Hershey -

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2000 Derby City Jr., Pisgah at Tanglewood Golf Course -

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2001 BaBa, Junior at White Water Country Club -

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2002 Iron Man, Derby City Jr. at Marriott Griffen Gate -

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2003 Junior, Derby City Jr. at Shanty Creek - Bellaire, MI 2004 Derby City Jr., Holly at French Lick Springs Resort - French Lick, IN 2005 Holly, Junior a
The Fortress
- Frankenmuth, MI 2006 R.D., Holly a
Talega Golf Club
-

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2007 Derby City Jr. Ironman a
Brickyard Crossing
-

2008 Derby City Jr., R.D. at The Fortress - Frankenmuth, MI 2009 Derby City Jr., Stellar at Gaylord Springs Golf Links - Nashville, TN 2010 Holly, Stellar at Cleveland Country Club - Shelby, NC 2011 Stellar, Bugs at Boundary Oak Golf Club - Walnut Creek, CA 2012 Steeler, Stellar at Thousand Oak Golf Club, Grand Rapids, MI 2013 Red, Stellar & Holly at Inn at Pocono Manor East & West Course - Pocono Manor, PA 2014 Holly, Bodyshop at The Star Ranch - Round Rock, TX 2015 Bugs, Holly at Braelin Golf Club - Peach Tree City, GA 2016 Bodyshop, Bugs at The Hyperion Field Club - Des Moines, IA 2017 Derby City Jr., Bodyshop at Heritage Palms Golf Course - Indio, CA 2018 Derby City Jr.. Bugs a
Treetops Resort
- Gaylord MI 2019 Derby City Jr., Bodyshop a
Evergreen Country Club
- Haymarket, VA

References

External links

*{{official website, http://www.bobbyjonesopen.com/ - for more information and whom to contact to join the group at the next Bobby Jones Open Golf tournaments in the United States