Francis Ouimet

I have decided to do my research project on Francis Ouiment. Ouimet was born and raised in the Boston area. His father was a French-Canadian immigrant and his mother was an Irish immigrant. The only connection that the family had to the game of golf was that they lived across the street from The Country Club in Brookline Massachusetts. Which was rare because most golfers start playing the game because of a grandfather, father, or brother that is familiar with the game. Ouimet is most famous for beating two of England's most celebrated golfers of the time, Harry Vardon and Ted Ray, in a eighteen hole playoff for the 1913 United States Open Championship.