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   Clifford Roberts (March 6, 1894 – September 29, 1977) was an American investment dealer and golf administrator. Early years. Born in Morning Sun, Iowa ...

   • Occupation(s): Investment banker, golf administrator
   • Died: September 29, 1977 (aged 83), Augusta, Georgia, US

   • Born: March 6, 1894, Morning Sun, Iowa, US

2. www.theguardian.com › sport › 2018Tragic end of Clifford Roberts, the man who got the Masters ...

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   Sun 1 Apr 2018 14.22 EDT. Last modified on Mon 2 Apr 2018 09.17 EDT. F riday 30 September 1977. The Augusta Chronicle’s front-page headline is profound: “Roberts found dead; Masters co-founder ...

3. www.sportscasting.com › masters-clifford-robertsMasters Co-Founder Clifford Roberts Tragically Took His Own ...

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   Apr 9, 2021 · In 1932, Roberts co-founded Augusta National Golf Club alongside PGA Tour legend and 13-time major championship winner, Bobby Jones. Two years later, Roberts and Jones started the Masters. Augusta National was the most important part of Roberts’ life up until he was diagnosed with terminal cancer and suffered a major stroke in his old age.

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   Who was Cliff Roberts?

   • Editors search to match writer with subject, and this piece proved to be one of those happy marriages. Today his name is hardly recognized by golfers, but Cliff Roberts, co-founder of the Masters and Augusta National Golf Club, was the dictatorial visionary who set tournament and club standards that still define the golf world.

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   What happened to Clifford Roberts?

   • Roberts was the subject of a book titled The Making of the Masters, Clifford Roberts, Augusta National, and Golf's Most Prestigious Tournament by David Owen, published in 1999. At age 83, Roberts had been in ill health for several months with cancer, and had a debilitating stroke.

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   Did Clifford Roberts have children?

   • His estate was considerable—many, many millions. Half went to his third wife, Betty Lister Roberts. There were no children. The balance of the estate went to charities that had as their goal controlling the growth of population that he saw as the preponderant threat to the world. Clifford Roberts was a singular man.

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   Was Roberts a good golfer?

   • He was as skilled with stocks and he was with 'the schmooze'." It was in New York that Roberts befriended legendary amateur golfer Bobby Jones, who in 1930 completed the unique feat of a calendar Grand Slam, by winning the U.S. Open, British Open, U.S. Amateur and British Amateur.

   Wall Street to Amen Corner: The rollercoaster life of 'Mr Masters'

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   Mar 30, 2023 · Clifford Roberts: The man who made the Masters. ... Today his name is hardly recognized by golfers, but Cliff Roberts, co-founder of the Masters and Augusta National Golf Club, was the dictatorial ...

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   Apr 9, 2011 · Clifford Roberts was born in Morning Sun, Iowa, and suffered the suicides of both his parents ... "Cliff managed to rise above the tragedy of his parents. He was a land man and he traveled across ...

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8. www.masters.com › en_US › tournamentTournament Founders - The Masters

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   Roberts oversaw innumerable details of the Tournament. He tirelessly sought to refine the Masters experience for the patrons and competitors and the wider world of golf. Following are short bios of each man's life. Bobby Jones. Robert Tyre (Bobby) Jones, Jr., was born on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1902, in Atlanta, Georgia.

9. www.augustachronicle.com › story › sportsHow the Masters began: Bobby Jones, Cliff Roberts build ...

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   Mar 24, 2022 · How the Masters began: Bobby Jones, Cliff Roberts build Augusta dream course, start tournament. Newspaper headlines were full of big names in the spring of 1934. President Roosevelt was busy trying to prevent an auto strike. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler was working on a plan to increase Germany’s population.

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