Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius

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Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius Goofs/Mistakes

Movie Goof (continuity error): When seeing Mary for the first time Bobby Jones (III) jumps on his bicycle to follow her. He rides past a man reading a newspaper who is wearing dark pants, a blueish jacket and a hat. Riding fast enough to keep up with the trolley, and with not stopping, Bobby passes the man again.
Movie Goof (anachronisms): In one shot there is a sign on a building that says "Georgia Institute of Technology". The original name of the school was the "Georgia School of Technology". The name wasn't changed until 1948, 26 years after Bobby Jones (III) graduated.
Movie Goof (anachronisms): A modern white SUV is reflected in the store windows while Bobby Jones (III)'s future wife is riding in a streetcar in 1920.
Movie Goof (errors in geography): The 1930 Open Championship was played at Hoylake, not at St. Andrew's, as depicted.
Movie Goof (anachronisms): The golf courses supposed to be Oakmont and Merion have abundant coniferous trees - not at all a characteristic of either course. And the greens, tees and fairways are cut to today's short lengths and "striped" by modern-style mowers. The equipment of Bobby Jones (III)'s era was incapable of doing this. Green speeds in the movie are much too quick - in the 1920s and 1930s, they were about one-quarter of today's speeds.
Movie Goof (anachronisms): Jones listens to a recording of "Non Piangere Liu" in the late 1920s that was recorded by Jussi Bjorling in the late 1950s.
Movie Goof (factual errors): While sitting in a classroom, Jones is taking notes with his left hand. Bobby Jones (III) was right handed.
Movie Goof (continuity error): The Coke that Bobby Jones (III) is drinking with Walter Hagen keeps refilling itself.
Movie Goof (errors in geography): Most railway scenes were depicted as occurring the the USA but the railroad equipment was obviously European (probably filmed in Scotland).
Movie Goof (anachronisms): During a scene at St. Andrews where Bobby Jones (III) is playing several shots from a sand trap (bunker), a quick close-up shows a sand wedge with a flange. Jones retired from competition following his Grand Slam in 1930, but the sand wedge was not invented until 1932 by Gene Sarazen.