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U.S. ASSOCIATION RULES AND AMATEUR STATUS. BOBBY JONES DECLINES 50,000 DOLLARS. NEW YORK. January 6. Bobby Jones announces that he will not accept the 50.000 dollars which have been tendered him by a group of one hundred admiring friends, in honour of his winning the British Open Championship, despite the statement by the United States Golf Association that acceptance of the gift would not be a violation of the Association rule governing amateur status.
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Grey River Argus, 9 January 1928, Page 3
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