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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 in 1913. Steve Carroll recalls the most remarkable underdog story that would change the face of golf for generations
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.
The Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund awards millions in need-based college scholarships each year to deserving young men and women who have worked at Massachusetts golf courses.
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.
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.
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 15, 2022 · Defying all odds, he produced a one-under-par round in torrential conditions, beating Vardon by five shots and Ray by six. The 20-year-old had become the first amateur to win the US Open; yards from his childhood home. Francis Ouimet and ten-year-old caddie, Eddie Lowery, during the 1913 US Open.
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.
Jun 15, 2017 · With all due respect to Bobby Jones, the title of “father of amateur golf” in the United States belongs to Francis Ouimet (pronounced wee-MAY). Ouimet’s stunning victory in the 1913 United States Open spurred the growth of golf in America and a love affair with the sport that continues today.
