1 Bobby Jones is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and the Georgia Tech Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 1958. 2  He is also a member of the 1997 Georgia Tech Engineering Hall of Fame Class.
The phrase âa chip on oneâs shoulderâ is reported as originating with the nineteenth century U.S. practice of spoiling for a fight by carrying a chip of wood on oneâs shoulder, daring others to knock it off. This suggested derivation has more than the whiff of folk-etymology about it.
Then again, itâs not for meâsomeone who survived the Troubles unscathed, other than perhaps the development of an overly keen sense of danger and a chip on my shoulderâto tell the relatives of murdered people they canât have justice. I have no desire to tell the grieving to buck up.