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Quick 9: Expect new Augusta chairman Fred Ripley to uphold Bobby Jones' legacy

Fred Ridley remains the last U.S. Amateur champion to never turn pro, so long before he became an Augusta National member there was an obvious fascination with the great amateur golfer, Bobby Jones.

Ridley never met Jones, but he did try to learn as much about him as possible, something that now serves him even better as this week he became the seventh chairman in Augusta National and Masters history.

Jones retired from competitive golf at age 28 not long after winning the Grand Slam in 1930. Soon after, the Atlanta lawyer founded Augusta National, along with its first chairman, Clifford Roberts.