Orus W. Jones (March 8, 1867 – August 10, 1963) was an American

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

er who competed in the

1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis 1904) were an international multi-sport event held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from 29 August to 3 September 1904, as part of an extended s ...

. He was born in

Jackson, Ohio Jackson is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Ohio, United States approximately 27 mi (43 km) SE of Chillicothe. The population was 6,239 at the 2020 census. History Established in 1817, residents named the to ...

. In 1904, he was part of the American team which won the

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. In the individual competition, he finished 19th in the qualification round and was eliminated in the first round of the match play.

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External links

Orus Jones at databaseOlympics.com
American male golfers Amateur golfers Golfers at the 1904 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in golf Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics Golfers from Ohio People from Jackson, Ohio 1867 births 1963 deaths {{US-golf-bio-stub