In 1913, the golf icon Gene Sarazen ... When Sarazen was 20, like Ouimet, he won the U.S. Open, the first of the seven major golf championships he won from 1922 to 1935. For Waterman and Hynes ...

Francis Ouimet’s secret weapon in the 1913 U.S. Open wasn’t a particular set of clubs, nor his familiarity with the course at The Country Club, which he could see from his bedroom window.

Matter of fact, 1913 can lay legitimate claim to being the most important U.S. Open ever, given how it ignited golf interest in America. Accordingly, its of course been the subject of books and ...

In 1913, Ouimet, a Massachusetts native and 20-year-old amateur, won the U.S. Open at the Country Club. Michael Thorbjornsen will try to make a run this year, with his longtime friend as his caddie.

(AP) — If any of the golfers in the U.S. Open are still looking for a place ... caddie who popped across Clyde Street to win the 1913 event. The playoff victory over British pros Harry Vardon ...