Bobby Jones in partnership with St Andrews Links has launched a luxurious collection of golf leisurewear available exclusively at The Old Course Shop in St Andrews.
Preston, Inspia June 02, 2009 — Bobby Jones was the greatest amateur golfer of all time, his influence on the game immense and his presence and importance to St Andrews still felt today. To celebrate Jones’s significant contribution to the game and to St Andrews, Bobby Jones Lifestyle has designed a special 10th Hole Collection named after the stunning hole on the Old Course that bears the Bobby Jones name.
The 10th Hole Collection consists of the high-quality apparel associated with the Bobby Jones brand and crested with the exclusive 10th Hole Logo and official St Andrews Links crest. Made from the finest materials available and crafted to ensure that luxury and durability are present in perfect harmony, the 10th Hole Collection is a luxuriously stylish range of golf leisurewear –which befits the prestige and heritage of the legendary Bobby Jones and his association with St Andrews.
Lloyd Booker, Managing Director of Bobby Jones Lifestyle, said: “The relationship between Bobby Jones and St Andrews is of huge importance in the history of golf, Jones won The Open on the Old Course in 1927 where his sublime play and modest demeanour endeared him to the people of the town, from that day he fell in love with the Old Course and the town and this mutual adoration continued for many years.”
In 1936 Jones visited St Andrews with a group of friends en route to the Berlin Olympics with the intention of playing a quiet round on the Old Course. However word had spread of his impending arrival and when he arrived at the first tee an enormous crowd had gathered there to see the great man play. Throughout the day the crowds continued to grow and after finishing with a score of 72, he shook hands and signed autographs with the citizens of St Andrews who had come out to see him play.
Bobby Jones was invited back to St Andrews in 1958 to be honoured and given the freedom of the city. “I could take out my life everything but my experiences here in St Andrews and I would still have had a rich and full life,” Jones said as he acknowledged his gratitude for the friendship he had always felt from the people of St Andrews.
Lloyd Booker, continued, “The Bobby Jones relationship with St Andrews is a remarkable story and we are delighted to have produced this special collection in association with St Andrews Links. The Links recognise the importance of the Bobby Jones brand to St Andrews and this exclusive range will undoubtedly prove to be a success over the coming months.”
The 10th Hole Collection is available exclusively from The Old Course Shop, St Andrews Links. The Bobby Jones range of high-quality golf clothing and leisurewear is available to buy uncrested from www.bobbyjoneseurope.com and for a limited period is available with a Celtic Manor 2010 Ryder Cup crest embroidered at no extra charge.
About Bobby Jones
Winning 13 major championships, Robert Tyre Jones jr. is the only golfer in the history of the sport ever to win the Grand Slam: the British Amateur, the British Open, the US Open and the US Amateur. Widely accepted as the sport’s greatest hero, Jones was more than simply an extraordinary athlete.
He was an extraordinary figure as much for his integrity, dignity and grace, off the course as on it.
The high performance golf hardware and stylish apparel ensure that his legend lives on. The exclusive range of drivers, hybrids and wedges puts Bobby Jones at the pinnacle of the golf equipment market. Equipment that Jones himself would have enjoyed.
Designed by master craftsman Jesse Ortiz, the clubs are a technological breakthrough in ease of playability, performance and style and are available in both men’s and ladies ranges in a choice of shafts and lofts.
The Bobby Jones apparel collection is the ultimate in prestige, style and performance. A sumptuous collection tailored to exacting quality standards, using only the finest fabrics creating inspirational designs for the discerning fashionista, both on and off the course. Jones was recognised as a man ahead of his time, discerning and demanding in what he wore and what he played.
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