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1925 U.S. Amateur
Contestant's Badge (Bobby Jones' 3rd Major)
Presented here is an actual contestant's badge from the 1925 U.S. Amateur, which
was held at famed Oakmont. As you already know, Bobby Jones won this tournament
to secure his 3rd Major Championship victory. Memorabilia from Bobby Jones'
major championship victories are very rare and routinely sell for thousands of
dollars. Less than 200 of these contestant's badges existed in 1925; how many
are still around? Surely only a handful. Even more spectacularly, this
contestant's badge still contains the original celluloid tag which represents
the player that it was assigned to. We don't know which player that was, but we
know it was issued to one of the men who fruitlessly attempted to stop Bobby
Jones in winning yet his 3rd Major.