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Francis DeSales Ouimet (/ w iː ˈ m ɛ t /) (May 8, 1893 – September 2, 1967) was an American amateur golfer who is frequently referred to as the "father of amateur golf" in the United States. He won the U.S. Open in 1913 and was the first non-Briton elected Captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews .
Jun 13, 2022 · Francis Ouimet achieved the impossible at the US Open in 1913, so Steve Carroll recalls the incredible tale of how the amateur stunned the world and transformed a sport
Francis Ouimet (born May 8, 1893, Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.—died September 2, 1967, Newton, Massachusetts) was an American amateur golfer whose success did much to remove the British upper-class stigma from the game and to popularize it in the United States.
Jun 4, 2013 · Before there was Jack Nicklaus, there was Francis Ouimet. Unlike Nicklaus, Ouimet was never regarded as the best player of his era or the greatest of all time. But the lifelong amateur shared three distinctions with the Golden Bear.
Jun 18, 2022 · The stunning victory cemented a place for Francis Ouimet and Eddie Lowery — and The Country Club, host of the 2022 U.S. Open — in golf history.
May 24, 2019 · Francis Ouimet was a lifelong booster of amateur golf, but he's best-known for a legendary victory in the 1913 US Open that put American golf on the map.
Jun 5, 2013 · The storyline of the 1913 U.S. Open is simple: Francis Ouimet, a 20-year-old amateur and former caddie who lived across the street from The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., where the Open was being played, tied British pros Harry Vardon and Ted Ray after 72 holes, then beat them in an 18-hole playoff.
Aug 11, 2013 · The rambling clubhouse, with its graceful porches and dormer windows, towered over the course like a gloomy sentinel. On this dank Saturday, Francis Ouimet made the United States finally fall in love with golf. Ouimet was a shy and unlikely hero.
Francis Ouimet is one of the most honored players in history. He has been named to every golf Hall of Fame, has a room named after him in the USGA Museum, and he is also one of only four golfers to have a U.S.P.S. commemorative stamp issued in his name.
Aug 12, 2013 · Francis Ouimet (center) stunned Harry Vardon (left) and Ted Ray in a playoff to win the 1913 U.S. Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass. (USGA Archives) Part I. In the 18-hole playoff the following day, September 20, 1913, pandemonium ruled.
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