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the father of American professional golf, um, because he finally got, uh, golf professionals in the clubhouse.

Uh, there's a story in the book that Hagen played in the British Open and they wouldn't let him in the clubhouse, uh, so he hired a limousine, parked it out in front of the clubhouse, and that was his locker room.

Um, so, [laughs] you know, Hagen, Hagen was a great player.

Very underrated, I think, as a player because, you know, he won his major championships when there were only three major championships.

The Masters hadn't been invented yet.

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Those were the only two amateurs, only two, uh, events that he could play in as an amateur.

He was ineligible for the PGA Championship.

The Masters hadn't been invented yet.

So all his major championships came from just two of the majors, plus all the US Amateurs that he won, and a lot of people back in the day think the US Amateur should've been a major championship.

But to, but to be the best player in the world, uh, as an amateur, as a practicing attorney, uh, only playing part-time, and, you know, and he retired when he was 28 years old.

Um, so, you know, how much more great golf w- was left in Jones? Uh, you know, he retired because the rigors of competition, um, really took its toll on Jones.

But you know, what, what was his weakness as a competitor?