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.
Having a chip on one's shoulder refers to when someone is part of a group or institution that is perceived as being inferior, but its members believe that reputation is unfair. would need to see what's written before the paragraph you've posted as to why they have a 'chip on their shoulder', as nothing in that paragraph gives it away as to what has caused this issue except for the possibility that the reputation of the centre isn't great and they therefore suffer from an inferiority complex.