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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 Greatest Game Ever Played is a 2005 American biographical sports film based on the early life of amateur golf champion Francis Ouimet and his surprise winning of the 1913 U.S. Open. The film was directed by Bill Paxton , and was his last film as a director.
Sarah Wallis, also known as Sarah Armstrong Montgomery Green Wallis (1825–1905) was an early Anglophone settler in California and first President of the California ...
Francis Ouimet, The Country Club (1913): A local kid who grows up across the street from a golf course grows up to win the U.S. Open, in a three-way playoff, as an amateur, on that same golf ...
The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005) – biographical sport drama film based on the early life of amateur golf champion Francis Ouimet and his surprise winning of the 1913 U.S. Open [53] Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II (2005) – biographical drama television film centring on the life of Pope John Paul II [54]
If history is prologue, the 17th hole will play a crucial role in the outcome of the 122nd U.S. Open.
Local amateur Francis Ouimet won the 1913 U.S. Open. Now, Michael Thorbjornsen is attempting the same feat.
The United States picked a 9-man team in early January, including Francis Ouimet as playing-captain. [4] Great Britain and Ireland announced 8 of their 10-man team in mid-March with Michael Scott as playing-captain. [5]