Images of Francis Ouimet, dating back to his 1913 U.S. Open triumph.
Favorites
Sign up to follow your favorites on all your devices.
Sign up
Images of Francis Ouimet, dating back to his 1913 U.S. Open triumph.
June 1910: Francis Ouimet holds his club as he watches his shot travel down the course. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)
September 1913: Francis Ouimet, center, shakes hands with Harry Vardon, left, and Ted Ray, both of Britain, at the U.S. Open Golf Championship at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., in 1913. Ouimet defeated the pair to become the new champion. (AP Photo)
Sept. 20, 1913: Francis Ouimet poses with a lucky horseshoe, with Eddie Lowery in the forefront. (Golf Illustrated)
Sept. 1913: Francis Ouimet poses for a shot. (Bain News Service)
This lithograph of golfer Francis Ouimet winning the U.S. open in 1913 is from the works by Gustavson. (AP Photo)
May 20, 1914: Francis Ouimet hits from a bunker during the Amateur Golf Championships at Sandwich. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
1915: Francis Ouimet poses with fellow golfers Jerome Travers and Chick Evans. (Golf Illustrated)
May 1923: Roger Wethered and Francis Ouimet between holes at St Andrews Golf Course, Fife, during the Walker Cup. (Photo by Gill/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Sept. 5, 1931: Francis Ouimet smiles as he poses with his trophy after winning the U.S. Amateur Golf tournament at the Beverly Country Club in Chicago, Ill. He defeated Jack Westland of Chicago, Ill., 6 and 5. (AP Photo)
September 7, 1931: Francis Ouimet in action. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
May 11, 1934: Francis Ouimet, captain of the American Walker Cup team, drives off the third tee in the team competition of the Walker Cup matches at St. Andrews, Scotland. (AP Photo)
May 17, 1938: Francis Ouimet driving off as the rest of the U.S. Walker Cup team look on during a practice at Sunningdale. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)
April 1941: Francis Ouimet and Fred Corcoran check scorecards during the 1941 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in April 1941 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Augusta National/Getty Images)
1940s: Walter Hagen, Francis Ouimet, Bobby Jones during a 1940’s Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Augusta National/Getty Images)
April 1941: Francis Ouimet tees off during the 1941 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 3-6, 1941 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Augusta National/Getty Images)
April 1941: Walter Hagen and Francis Ouimet during the 1941 Masters Tournament. (Photo by Augusta National/Getty Images)
April 1941: Walter Hagen and Francis Ouimet during the 1941 Masters Tournament. (Photo by Augusta National/Getty Images)
June 23, 1963: Julius Boros, right, poses with the trophy, after winning the U.S. Open, at the Country Club in Brookline, Mass. Next to him stands Francis Ouimet, former U.S. Open champion and honorary chairman of the tournament. (AP Photo)
Shia LaBeouf during the making of ‘The Greatest Game Ever Played,’ about Francis Ouimet’s 1913 U.S. Open triump. (AP Photo/The Walt Disney Co.,Jonathan Wenk)
Francis Ouimet’s daughter, Barbara McLean, poses in her house next to an image of Francis as R&A captain. (Golf Channel.com)
The John Shepard Jr. trophy, won by Francis Ouimet in 1914 in a match pitting Boston-area clubs. (GolfChannel.com)
Francis Ouimet is one of four golfers (Bobby Jones, Babe Zaharias and Arnold Palmer) to be featured on a U.S. postage stamp. (GolfChannel.com)
Francis Ouimet’s World Golf Hall of Fame plaque, presented to him during induction into the original Pinehurst WGHOF, in 1974. (GolfChannel.com)
Images and artifacts collected by Francis Ouimet’s daughter, Barbara McLean. (GolfChannel.com)
Francis Ouimet’s R&A captain’s portrait and other artifacts at his daughter, Barbara McLean’s, home. (GolfChannel.com)
A medal presented to Francis Ouimet for tying third in the 1925 U.S. Open. (GolfChannel.com)
Francis Ouimet’s childhood home at 246 Clyde Street in Brookline, Mass., across from the 17th hole at The Country Club. (GolfChannel.com)
A look inside the Ouimet Room at the William F. Connell Golf House and Museum in Norton, Mass. (GolfChannel.com)
A look inside the Ouimet Room at the William F. Connell Golf House and Museum in Norton, Mass. (GolfChannel.com)
A look inside the Ouimet Room at the William F. Connell Golf House and Museum in Norton, Mass. (GolfChannel.com)
A look inside the Ouimet Room at the William F. Connell Golf House and Museum in Norton, Mass. (GolfChannel.com)
A look inside the Ouimet Room at the William F. Connell Golf House and Museum in Norton, Mass. (GolfChannel.com)
May 15, 2013: Arnold Palmer, Honorary Chair of the Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund’s centennial celebrations, kicked off the festivities with an appearance behind the Moakley Courthouse. Here, he is with Caitlin Wallerce, the great-granddaughter of Francis Ouimet. (Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Arnold Palmer watches as Ouimet Scholarship Fund winners hit balls into the Boston Harbor to kick off festivities for the centennial gala. (GolfChannel.com)
A makeshift target sits in Boston Harbor, designed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Francis Ouimet’s 1913 U.S. Open victory. (GolfChannel.com)
Image from the Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund gala, emceed by Golf Channel’s Rich Lerner and hosting 2,100 attendees. (GolfChannel.com)
The reserved sign outside of The Country Club at Brookline. (GolfChannel.com)
The burial site of Francis Ouimet’s parents, Arthur and Mary Ellen, at Holyhood Cemetery in Brookline, Mass. (GolfChannel.com)
Francis Ouimet was buried in his wife’s family’s plot at Holyhood Cemetery in Brookline, Mass. His and Stella’s names appear on the back of the headstone. (Courtesy Ron Burns on findagrave.com)
Francis Ouimet was buried in his wife’s family’s plot at Holyhood Cemetery in Brookline, Mass. (Courtesy Ron Burns on findagrave.com)
Portrait of Francis Ouimet after he became the first American to be named captain of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews. (USGA/The American Golfer)
Statue of Francis Ouimet and Eddie Lowery on the grounds of the Robert T. Lynch Municipal Golf Course in Brookline, Mass. (Courtesy Tom Ellis/Robert T. Lynch Municipal Golf Course)