John Robert Maurice Jacobs, OBE (14 March 1925 – 13 January 2017)[1][2] was an English professional golfer, coach, entrepreneur, writer and administrator.

[5] He was badly gassed during the war, never fully recovered and committed suicide in December 1934 when Jacobs was nine years old.

[4] Robert was replaced at Lindrick by his nephew John Archibald "Jack" Jacobs (1907–1999) who had been his assistant.

[6][7] Jacobs joined the Royal Air Force during World War II, although he did not go into active service.

He was demobilised from the RAF in 1947, taking his first paid position as an assistant at Hallamshire Golf Club, near Sheffield, soon afterwards.

[4] Jacobs spent the summer of 1951 in England and qualified for the Open Championship for the first time, although he missed the cut.

In 1957 he won the Dunlop South African Professional Match Play Masters and the Dutch Open.

His win in the South African Professional Match Play was in March, at Houghton Golf Club in Johannesburg.

[9] In August he won the Dutch Open at Hilversumsche Golf Club near Hilversum, three shots clear of Flory Van Donck.

Ballesteros had only played a handful of tournaments in Europe in the season leading up to the 1981 Ryder Cup because of a disagreement over appearance money.

I can't guarantee you will get one of the two Ryder Cup places that are up for grabs – the organising committee can fill them as it sees fit – but I will be voting for you.".

Jacobs was an Honorary member of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St Andrews.