Francis Ouimet - wikipedia Francis Ouimet Francis Ouimet Ouimet in 1913 Full name Francis DeSales Ouimet ( 1893 - 05 - 08 ) May 8, 1893 Brookline, Massachusetts September 2, 1967 ( 1967 - 09 - 02 ) ( aged 74 ) Newton, Massachusetts Height 6 ft 2 in ( 1.88 m ) Weight 175 lb ( 79 kg ; 12.5 st ) Nationality United States Spouse Stella Sullivan ( m. 1918 -- 65 ) Children Janice, Barbara Career Status Amateur Professional wins Best results in major championships ( wins : 3 ) Masters Tournament WD : 1941 U.S. Open Won : 1913 The Open Championship T56 : 1914 PGA Championship DNP U.S. Amateur Won : 1914, 1931 British Amateur T3 : 1923 Achievements and awards World Golf Hall of Fame 1974 ( member page ) Bob Jones Award 1955 Ouimet at the 1913 U.S. Open Playoff participants Harry Vardon, Ouimet, and Ted Ray Ouimet celebrating his victory with Eddie Lowery, his 10 - year - old caddie with a white towel over his shoulders Francis DeSales Ouimet ( 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. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Contents 1 Early life 2 Golf career 2.1 1913 U.S. Open 2.2 Controversy resolved 2.3 Later achievements 3 Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund 4 Depictions 5 Personal life 6 Tournament wins ( 27 ) 7 Major championships ( 3 ) 7.1 Professional wins ( 1 ) 7.2 Amateur wins ( 2 ) 7.3 Results timeline 7.4 Summary 8 U.S. national team appearances 9 See also 10 Further reading 11 References 11.1 Footnotes 11.2 General references 12 External links Early life Ouimet was born to Mary Ellen Burke and Arthur Ouimet in Brookline, Massachusetts, a suburb southwest of Boston. His father was a French - Canadian immigrant, and his mother was originally from Ireland. When Francis was four years old, his family purchased a house on Clyde Street in Brookline, directly across from the 17th hole of The Country Club. The Ouimet family grew up relatively poor and were near the bottom of the economic ladder, which was hardly the position of any American golfer at the time. As far as the general public was concerned, amateur golf was reserved for the wealthy, while professional golf provided competition and income for former caddies, prohibited by the USGA from caddying after the age of 16 or lose their amateur status. Ouimet became interested in golf at an early age and started caddying at The Country Club at the age of 11. Using clubs from his brother and balls he found around the course, he taught himself to play. His game soon caught the eye of many country club members and caddie master Dan MacNamara. It was n't long before Ouimet was the best high school golfer in the state. When he was a junior in high school, his father insisted that he drop out and do `` something useful '' with his life. Ouimet worked at a drygoods store before landing a job at a sporting goods store owned by future Baseball Hall of Famer George Wright. Golf career 1913 U.S. Open In 1913, Ouimet won his first significant title at age 20, the Massachusetts Amateur, an event he won five more times. He participated in the U.S. Amateur at the Garden City Golf Club in Long Island, New York in early September, losing in the quarterfinals to the eventual champion, Jerome Travers. Soon after, he was asked personally by the president of the United States Golf Association, Robert Watson, if he would play in the national professional championship, the 1913 U.S. Open, which had been postponed to mid-September from its original June dates to allow for the participation of British golfers Harry Vardon and Ted Ray, both of Jersey. Vardon had won the U.S. Open in 1900 and The Open Championship five times to that point. Ray had won the Open Championship in 1912. The 1913 event was played at the course Ouimet knew best, The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts. Ouimet originally declined to play, having just returned from an absence from work to play in the National Amateur. His participation in the Open was soon arranged, however, with the cooperation of his employer. It was Ouimet 's first appearance in the championship. Eddie Lowery was his ten year old caddie. After 72 holes of regulation play ended in a three - way tie, Ouimet, Vardon, and Ray engaged in an 18 - hole playoff the next day in rainy conditions. Ouimet won the playoff at one - under - par for the day, beating Vardon by 5 strokes and Ray by 6. His victory was widely hailed as a stunning upset over the strongly favored British, who were regarded as the top two golfers in the world. He was the first amateur to win the U.S. Open. The biggest crowds ever seen in American golf followed the playoff, and his achievement was front - page news across the country. Ouimet 's U.S. Open success is credited for bringing golf into the American sporting mainstream. Before his win over Vardon and Ray, golf was dominated by British players. In America, the sport was restricted to players with access to private facilities. There were very few public courses ( the first, Van Cortlandt Golf Course in The Bronx borough of New York City, opened in 1895. ) Ten years after his 1913 victory, the number of American players had tripled and many new courses had been built, including numerous public ones. In 1963, WGBH - TV, Boston 's public television station, aired an interview with Ouimet at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, to mark the 50th anniversary of his win at the 1913 U.S. Open. The kinescope of that interview was included in the DVD of the Walt Disney film The Greatest Game Ever Played. Disney 's film took artistic license, portraying the win as having been by a single stroke when, in reality, Ouimet won by five strokes. Controversy resolved Ouimet never turned professional ; he wished to remain an amateur for his whole career, as he decided before his U.S. Open success that he wanted to work in the world of business. In 1916, however, the USGA, in one of the most controversial decisions in their history, stripped Ouimet of his amateur status. Its reasoning was that he was using his celebrity to aid his own sporting goods business and was therefore making a living from golf. This was at the time when caddies were not allowed to continue caddying after they reached the age of 16, unless they declared themselves professionals. The decision was greeted with uproar from Ouimet 's fellow golfers. In 1918, Ouimet enlisted in the U.S. Army and rose to the rank of lieutenant. After the war, the USGA quietly reinstated his amateur status. Ouimet did not bear a grudge against the USGA and served on several committees. He was also a golf member of Charles River Country Club in Newton Centre, and was a member of the Woodland Golf Club of Auburndale. Ouimet won his second U.S. Amateur in 1931. During the 1920s, he lost several close matches to Bobby Jones, who dominated amateur golf for that decade. Later achievements Ouimet won the U.S. Amateur twice ( 1914 and 1931 ). He played on the first eight Walker Cup Teams and was Captain of the next four for a team record of 11 - 1. In 1951, he became the first non-Briton elected Captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews and in 1955 was the first - ever winner of the Bob Jones Award, the highest honor given by the USGA, in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. Ouimet has been named to many golf halls of fame and has a room named after him in the USGA Museum. Two other aspects of Ouimet 's golf career are important : He used the overlapping grip to hold the club and was among the first top players to use this method. He very likely used the grip to emulate Vardon, who often is credited with developing the grip. Many great golf champions since have used this technique. The method is named for the `` overlapping ' of the little finger of the bottom hand between the forefinger and middle finger of the top hand. Ouimet mentored and encouraged the young Gene Sarazen, who developed into one of golf 's greatest champions. Francis Ouimet scholarship Fund In 1949, a group of Ouimet 's friends started a scholarship in his honor, naming it the Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund. The scholarship was created to give college scholarship aid to young people who worked as caddies at clubs in Massachusetts. The inaugural class had 13 scholars who received a total of $4,600. Since then more than 5,100 students have been selected as Ouimet Scholars, receiving more than $26 million in need - based college tuition assistance. Today 's requirements state that young people who have given at least two years of service to golf as caddies or worked in a pro shop or in course superintendent operations in Massachusetts are eligible to receive the Scholarship. The Ouimet Fund is the second largest caddie scholarship in the U.S. and the largest independent scholarship fund in Massachusetts. Students must go through a rigorous application and interview process before being selected as a Ouimet Scholar. Once selected, students may attend any school they wish, which is one of the major differences between the Ouimet Fund and the Evans Fund, the other major caddie fund in the U.S. Since the Ouimet Fund is a need - based scholarship, awards can range anywhere from a few thousand dollars to $30,000 or more over four years. The Francis Ouimet Award for Lifelong Contributions to Golf was first presented in 1997 and is presented annually at the Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund 's banquet. Past winners include Arnold Palmer ( 1997 ), Peter Jacobsen ( 2006 ), Jack Nicklaus ( 2007 ), and Annika Sörenstam ( 2010 ). Depictions In 1988 a portrait of Ouimet appeared on a commemorative 25 - cent United States Postal Service postage stamp in his honor. In 2002, Mark Frost wrote a biographical account of Ouimet 's U.S. Open victory titled The Greatest Game Ever Played : Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf. Shortly afterward, Frost was tapped by Walt Disney Studios to write a motion picture adaptation. The Greatest Game Ever Played was released in theaters in 2005. The film starred Shia LaBeouf as Ouimet and was directed by Bill Paxton and produced by Larry Brezner. Appearing on the cover of The Greatest Game is a photograph of Ouimet at the U.S. Open with his ten - year - old caddie, Eddie Lowery. This iconic image is one of the best known in American golf and was used as the logo for the United States Golf Association 's Centennial celebrations. A statue of Ouimet and Lowery based on the photograph stands in Brookline, Massachusetts, and at the World Golf Hall of Fame in St. Augustine, Florida. Oddly enough, a street is named after Ouimet in Greenside, Johannesburg, South Africa, close to the Parkview Golf Course. A number of adjacent streets are also named after golfers, although the street in Johannesburg is named Quimet Street. How the misspelling occurred is not known. The street is still sometimes pronounced ( correctly ) without the Q, while it is also sometimes pronounced in the French way ( Wee - May ). Personal life Ouimet aspired to become a businessman to elevate himself into the middle class. The life of a professional golfer at that time did not offer an avenue to reach that goal. Within ten years of his U.S. Open victory, Ouimet had started to work as a banker and eventually a stock broker, which had always been his intention. He culminated his business career as a customer 's financial advisor at Brown Brothers Harriman. He married Stella M. Sullivan on September 11, 1918. They had two daughters : Janice Salvi and Barbara McLean. Ouimet died in Newton, Massachusetts, on September 2, 1967, at age 74. Tournament wins ( 27 ) 1909 Boston Interscholastic 1910 Boston Interscholastic, Woodland Golf Club Open 1912 The Country Club Cup, Allston Golf Club Open Championship 1913 U.S. Open, Massachusetts Amateur, Meadow Brook Golf Club Open 1914 U.S. Amateur, Massachusetts Amateur, French Amateur 1915 Massachusetts Amateur, Baltimore Country Club Spring Invitational 1917 Western Amateur 1919 Massachusetts Amateur 1920 North and South Amateur 1922 Massachusetts Amateur, Houston Invitational 1923 St. George 's Challenge 1924 Crump Memorial 1925 Massachusetts Amateur, Gold Mashie Tournament, Bermuda Handicap Tourney at Riddle 's Bay 1927 Crump Memorial 1931 U.S. Amateur 1932 Massachusetts Open 1934 Boston Open Professional and amateur majors shown in bold. Major championships ( 3 ) Professional wins ( 1 ) Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runners - up 1913 U.S. Open Tied for lead + 12 ( 77 - 74 - 74 - 79 = 304 ) Playoff Harry Vardon, Ted Ray Defeated Vardon and Ray in an 18 - hole playoff -- Ouimet 72 ( − 1 ), Vardon 77 ( + 4 ), Ray 78 ( + 5 ) Amateur wins ( 2 ) Year Championship Winning score Runner - up 1914 U.S. Amateur 6 & 5 Jerome Travers 1931 U.S. Amateur 6 & 5 Jack Westland Results timeline As an amateur, Ouimet could not play in the PGA Championship. Tournament 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP 1 LA T5 T35 DNP NT NT T18 The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP T56 NT NT NT NT NT U.S. Amateur DNQ DNQ DNQ R16 R16 DNP NT NT QF The Amateur Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP R128 NT NT NT NT NT Tournament 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP T29 DNP T3 DNP DNP DNP DNP The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP U.S. Amateur R16 M R16 SF SF DNQ SF SF R32 SF The Amateur Championship DNP R128 DNP SF DNP DNP R64 DNP DNP DNP Tournament 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 Masters Tournament NYF NYF NYF NYF DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP U.S. Amateur R32 SF DNP R256 R256 R64 WD DNP DNQ The Amateur Championship R32 DNP DNP DNP R256 DNP DNP DNP R64 DNP Tournament 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 Masters Tournament DNP WD DNP NT NT NT DNP DNP DNP DNP U.S. Open DNP DNP NT NT NT NT DNP DNP DNP DNP The Open Championship NT NT NT NT NT NT DNP DNP DNP DNP U.S. Amateur DNQ DNP NT NT NT NT DNP DNP DNP DNP The Amateur Championship NT NT NT NT NT NT DNP R32 DNP R128 Tournament 1950 Masters Tournament DNP U.S. Open DNP The Open Championship DNP U.S. Amateur DNP The Amateur Championship R128 M = Medalist LA = Low amateur NYF = Tournament not yet founded NT = No tournament DNP = Did not play WD = Withdrew `` T '' indicates a tie for a place DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play Green background for wins. Yellow background for top - 10 Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top - 5 Top - 10 Top - 25 Events Cuts made Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 - U.S. Open 0 6 - The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 - U.S. Amateur 6 10 14 16 26 19 The Amateur Championship 0 0 10 - Totals 8 14 18 23 44 19 Most consecutive cuts made -- 9 ( 1913 U.S. Amateur -- 1924 U.S. Amateur ) Longest streak of top - 10s -- 3 ( 1921 U.S. Amateur -- 1923 The Amateur Championship, 1923 U.S. Amateur -- 1925 U.S. Open ) U.S. national team appearances Amateur Walker Cup : 1922 ( winners ), 1923 ( winners ), 1924 ( winners ), 1926 ( winners ), 1928 ( winners ), 1930 ( winners ), 1932 ( winners, playing captain ), 1934 ( winners, playing captain ), 1936 ( winners, non-playing captain ), 1938 ( non-playing captain ), 1947 ( winners, non-playing captain ), 1949 ( winners, non-playing captain ) See also List of Caddie Hall of Fame inductees Further reading Gibson, Nevin H. The Encyclopedia of Golf ( A.S. Barnes & Company, 1958 ) Frost, Mark The Greatest Game Ever Played : Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf ( Hyperion, 2002 ) References Footnotes ^ Jump up to : Kelley, Brent. `` Francis Ouimet bio ''. About.com. Retrieved September 12, 2011. Jump up ^ Duca, Rob. `` America 's triumph : Remembering a legend ''. Cape Cod Times. Archived from the original on December 15, 2000. Retrieved December 12, 2007. The year was 1913. He was a young man of modest means, but he shook up the exclusive world of golf. ^ Jump up to : Brookline Amateur Wins U.S. Open Jump up ^ Frost, Mark The Greatest Game Ever Played : Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf ( Hyperion, 2002 ) Jump up ^ Francis D. Ouimet profile at www.hickoksports.com Jump up ^ `` Ouimet Ties Great English Golfers. Twenty - Year - Old Schoolboy 's Wonderful Performance in National Open Golf ''. New York Times. September 20, 1913. Retrieved January 2, 2011. An American youth, Francis Ouimet, a stripling scarcely out of his teens, carved a niche for himself in international sporting history here to - day when he tied with England 's famous professional golfers, Harry Vardon and Edward Ray, in the final round of the national open championship. Jump up ^ `` Ouimet 's Aged Mother Is Happy, But His Health Is First Thought. New Golf Champion 's 70 - Year - Old Parent Hopeful That Her Son Did Not Tax His Strength -- Tells How He Swang at Stones With Home - Made Clubs at 4 ''. New York Times. September 6, 1931. Retrieved January 3, 2011. To the rest of the world Francis Ouimet is a battle - scarred veteran, who returned from a golfers ' Valhalla to win another national amateur championship, but to his sweet - faced... Jump up ^ The Greatest Game Ever Played : Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf, by Mark Frost, 2003 ; Gettin ' to the Dance Floor : An Oral History of American Golf, chapter on Sarazen, by Al Barkow, 1986 Jump up ^ `` Marblehead 's Lynch tabbed for prestigious award ''. North Shore Golf Blog. April 10, 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2011. Jump up ^ Scott catalog # 2377. Jump up ^ The Story Behind Greensides Road Names at heritageportal.co.za Jump up ^ `` Francis Ouimet Marries ''. New York Times. September 12, 1918. Retrieved January 3, 2011. Lieutenant Francis Ouimet, former amateur national golf champion, and Stella Sullivan were married in Boston... Jump up ^ `` Francis Ouimet, Golfer, Is Dead ; First Amateur to Win U.S. Open ; Gardener 's Son Who Won in 1913 Showed Sport Was n't Only for the Affluent ''. United Press International. September 2, 1967. Retrieved October 18, 2010. Francis D. Ouimet, who amazed the sports world 54 years ago by upsetting Britain 's two greatest golfers to win the United States Open, died today. He was 74 years old. General references Source for U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur : USGA Championship Database Source for 1914 British Open : www.theopen.com Source for 1914 British Amateur : Golf Illustrated, July, 1914, pgs. 22 - 34. Source for 1921 British Amateur : The American Golfer, June 4, 1921, pg. 24. Source for 1923 British Amateur : The American Golfer, July, 1923, pgs. 48 & 50. Source for 1926 British Amateur : The American Golfer, July, 1926, pg. 58. Source for 1930 British Amateur : The Glasgow Herald, May 30, 1930, pg. 13. Source for 1934 British Amateur : The American Golfer, July, 1934, pg. 16. Source for 1938 British Amateur : TIME Magazine, June 6, 1938 Source for 1941 Masters : www.masters.com Source for 1947 British Amateur : The Glasgow Herald, May 30, 1947, pg. 5. Source for 1949 British Amateur : The Glasgow Herald, May 25, 1949, pg. 2. Source for 1950 British Amateur : The Glasgow Herald, May 25, 1950, pg. 9. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Francis Ouimet. Francis Ouimet Biography from the Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund World Golf Hall of Fame profile 1913 U.S. Open by Bernard Darwin Electronic Resources From SoHG Archives Hagen Swing Sequences -- Brassie, Iron and Putt From SoHG Master Classes Francis Ouimet at Find a Grave U.S. Open champions 1895 Horace Rawlins 1896 James Foulis 1897 Joe Lloyd 1898 Fred Herd 1899 Willie Smith 1900 Harry Vardon 1901 Willie Anderson † 1902 Laurie Auchterlonie 1903 Willie Anderson † 1904 Willie Anderson 1905 Willie Anderson 1906 Alex Smith 1907 Alec Ross 1908 Fred McLeod † 1909 George Sargent 1910 Alex Smith † 1911 John McDermott † 1912 John McDermott 1913 Francis Ouimet # † 1914 ‡ Walter Hagen 1915 Jerome Travers # 1916 Chick Evans # 1917 -- 18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 Walter Hagen † 1920 Ted Ray 1921 ‡ Jim Barnes 1922 Gene Sarazen 1923 Bobby Jones # † 1924 Cyril Walker 1925 Willie Macfarlane † 1926 Bobby Jones # 1927 Tommy Armour † 1928 Johnny Farrell † 1929 Bobby Jones # † 1930 Bobby Jones # 1931 Billy Burke † 1932 Gene Sarazen 1933 Johnny Goodman # 1934 Olin Dutra 1935 Sam Parks, Jr. 1936 Tony Manero 1937 Ralph Guldahl 1938 Ralph Guldahl 1939 Byron Nelson † 1940 Lawson Little † 1941 Craig Wood 1942 -- 45 Cancelled due to World War II 1946 Lloyd Mangrum † 1947 Lew Worsham † 1948 Ben Hogan 1949 Cary Middlecoff 1950 Ben Hogan † 1951 Ben Hogan 1952 Julius Boros 1953 ‡ Ben Hogan 1954 Ed Furgol 1955 Jack Fleck † 1956 Cary Middlecoff 1957 Dick Mayer † 1958 Tommy Bolt 1959 Billy Casper 1960 Arnold Palmer 1961 Gene Littler 1962 Jack Nicklaus † 1963 Julius Boros † 1964 Ken Venturi 1965 Gary Player † 1966 Billy Casper † 1967 Jack Nicklaus 1968 Lee Trevino 1969 Orville Moody 1970 ‡ Tony Jacklin 1971 Lee Trevino † 1972 Jack Nicklaus 1973 Johnny Miller 1974 Hale Irwin 1975 Lou Graham † 1976 Jerry Pate 1977 Hubert Green 1978 Andy North 1979 Hale Irwin 1980 Jack Nicklaus 1981 David Graham 1982 Tom Watson 1983 Larry Nelson 1984 Fuzzy Zoeller † 1985 Andy North 1986 Raymond Floyd 1987 Scott Simpson 1988 Curtis Strange † 1989 Curtis Strange 1990 Hale Irwin † 1991 Payne Stewart † 1992 Tom Kite 1993 Lee Janzen 1994 Ernie Els † 1995 Corey Pavin 1996 Steve Jones 1997 Ernie Els 1998 Lee Janzen 1999 Payne Stewart 2000 ‡ Tiger Woods 2001 Retief Goosen † 2002 ‡ Tiger Woods 2003 Jim Furyk 2004 Retief Goosen 2005 Michael Campbell 2006 Geoff Ogilvy 2007 Ángel Cabrera 2008 Tiger Woods † 2009 Lucas Glover 2010 Graeme McDowell 2011 ‡ Rory McIlroy 2012 Webb Simpson 2013 Justin Rose 2014 ‡ Martin Kaymer 2015 Jordan Spieth 2016 Dustin Johnson 2017 Brooks Koepka † indicates the event was won in a playoff ; ‡ indicates the event was won wire - to - wire ; # indicates the event was won by an amateur U.S. Amateur champions 1895 Charles B. Macdonald 1896 H.J. Whigham 1897 H.J. Whigham 1898 Findlay S. Douglas 1899 Herbert M. Harriman 1900 Walter Travis 1901 Walter Travis 1902 Louis N. James 1903 Walter Travis 1904 Chandler Egan 1905 Chandler Egan 1906 Eben Byers 1907 Jerome Travers 1908 Jerome Travers 1909 Robert A. Gardner 1910 William C. Fownes Jr. 1911 Harold Hilton † 1912 Jerome Travers 1913 Jerome Travers 1914 Francis Ouimet 1915 Robert A. Gardner 1916 Chick Evans 1917 -- 18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 S. Davidson Herron 1920 Chick Evans 1921 Jesse P. Guilford 1922 Jess Sweetser 1923 Max R. Marston † 1924 Bobby Jones 1925 Bobby Jones 1926 George Von Elm 1927 Bobby Jones 1928 Bobby Jones 1929 Harrison R. Johnston 1930 Bobby Jones 1931 Francis Ouimet 1932 Ross Somerville 1933 George Dunlap 1934 Lawson Little 1935 Lawson Little 1936 John Fischer † 1937 Johnny Goodman 1938 Willie Turnesa 1939 Bud Ward 1940 Dick Chapman 1941 Bud Ward 1942 -- 45 Cancelled due to World War II 1946 Ted Bishop † 1947 Skee Riegel 1948 Willie Turnesa 1949 Charles Coe 1950 Sam Urzetta † 1951 Billy Maxwell 1952 Jack Westland 1953 Gene Littler 1954 Arnold Palmer 1955 Harvie Ward 1956 Harvie Ward 1957 Hillman Robbins 1958 Charles Coe 1959 Jack Nicklaus 1960 Deane Beman 1961 Jack Nicklaus 1962 Labron Harris Jr. 1963 Deane Beman 1964 William C. Campbell 1965 Bob Murphy 1966 Gary Cowan † 1967 Bob Dickson 1968 Bruce Fleisher 1969 Steve Melnyk 1970 Lanny Wadkins 1971 Gary Cowan 1972 Vinny Giles 1973 Craig Stadler 1974 Jerry Pate 1975 Fred Ridley 1976 Bill Sander 1977 John Fought 1978 John Cook 1979 Mark O'Meara 1980 Hal Sutton 1981 Nathaniel Crosby 1982 Jay Sigel 1983 Jay Sigel 1984 Scott Verplank 1985 Sam Randolph 1986 Buddy Alexander 1987 Billy Mayfair 1988 Eric Meeks 1989 Chris Patton 1990 Phil Mickelson 1991 Mitch Voges 1992 Justin Leonard 1993 John Harris 1994 Tiger Woods 1995 Tiger Woods 1996 Tiger Woods † 1997 Matt Kuchar 1998 Hank Kuehne 1999 David Gossett 2000 Jeff Quinney † 2001 Bubba Dickerson 2002 Ricky Barnes 2003 Nick Flanagan † 2004 Ryan Moore 2005 Edoardo Molinari 2006 Richie Ramsay 2007 Colt Knost 2008 Danny Lee 2009 An Byeong - hun 2010 Peter Uihlein 2011 Kelly Kraft 2012 Steven Fox † 2013 Matthew Fitzpatrick 2014 Gunn Yang 2015 Bryson DeChambeau 2016 Curtis Luck 2017 Doc Redman † indicates the event was won in a playoff VIAF : 1835417 LCCN : n2002103662 ISNI : 0000 0000 5562 9309 BNF : cb149778954 ( data ) IATH : w6959zkz Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis_Ouimet&oldid=803929449 '' Categories : American male golfers Amateur golfers Winners of men 's major golf championships World Golf Hall of Fame inductees Golfers from Massachusetts Caddie Hall of Fame inductees People from Brookline, Massachusetts American people of French - Canadian descent American people of Irish descent Burials at Holyhood Cemetery ( Brookline ) 1893 births 1967 deaths Hidden categories : Find a Grave template with ID same as Wikidata Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC - ID identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Français Bahasa Indonesia Italiano Nederlands Português Svenska Türkçe Edit links This page was last edited on 5 October 2017, at 15 : 46. 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Question: who did francis ouimet beat in the us open
Answer: Harry Vardon