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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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Jun 9, 2022 · When amateur Francis Ouimet won the 1913 U.S. Open at The Country Club, 50 years had elapsed since the Battle of Gettysburg, and 87 years had come and gone since the deaths of Thomas Jefferson...
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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