1926 'Hail the Hero' George Von Elm Defeats Bobby Jones for US Amateur Photo
Carried off in victory, reminiscent of fellow amateur underdog Francis Ouimet in 1913, George Von Elm was. Thanks to a 'Johnny-on-the-spot' ACME media photographer just feet from the patrons-player celebration, this shot exists. "The monarch of golf was toppled from his amateur throne...by flaxen-haired George Von Elm...in one of the most stunning upsets of links history," an Associated Press reporter exclaimed after the 1926 US Amateur at the historic Baltusrol Golf Club concluded. It would be the three of three duels between the man referred to simply as Bobby and George Von Elm, the first tournament winner from west of the Mississippi river. Of course, 1926 marked the second half of the roaring twenty's and golf's golden age of amateur competition. Von Elm would seek revenge to the golfing luminary, two years after a loss to Bobby Jones in the final of the 1924 US Amateur. Jones captured a pair of major championships that year, in the Open Championship and US Open.8 1/2" x 6 1/2"
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