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.
This allowance was abused in the extreme to the point that even some houses were built from the âchipsâ 1. âcheap as chipsâ 2. âchip on your shoulderâ carpenters or âchippiesâ were told that they were not to carry chips on their shoulder in a attempt tp reduce the abuse of the system.