Sept. 27, 1930

Bobby Jones is one victory away from becoming the only golfer to win the Grand Slam. Already the winner of the British Amateur and Open and the U.S. Open in the past five months, he's playing Eugene Homans in the 36-hole final of the U.S. Amateur at the Merion Cricket Club, outside Philadelphia. Jones, a child prodigy who has become The Man, has little difficulty concluding the Slam with his 8-and-7 victory.

After the match ends at the 29th hole, his bodyguard of U.S. Marines saves Jones from being crushed by his idolatrous fans in the crowd of 18,000. Besides the victory giving him the Slam, it also gives him records of five U.S. Amateur championships and 13 major titles (later broken by Jack Nicklaus), all accomplished in the past eight years.

Jones, 28, will retire from competitive golf in less than two months.