Professional Golf Figure. He is probably best remembered as the 10-year-old caddy of Francis Ouimet during the 1913 US Open, held at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, which Ouimet won in a playoff over Harry Vardon and Ted Ray. The picture of him and Ouimet striding down the fairway together is one of the most memorable photographs in American golf history. It appeared on the cover of Mark Frost's account of the 1913 Open "The Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf," and inspired a memorial statue in Brookline. He later relocated to San Francisco, California where he eventually became an extremely successful automobile dealer. He remained active in golf and championed the rising amateur careers of Ken Venturi (1964 U.S. Open Champion), Harvie Ward (1955 & 1956 U.S. Amateur Champion), and Tony Lema (1964 British Open Champion), among others. He became friends with entertainer Bob Hope and they both played in the 1951 British Amateur Championship. In 1956 he arranged a match between his amateurs Venturi and Ward, and two golf pros, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, in a friendly four-ball match at Cypress Point Club in Pebble Beach, California, in which the pros took the match, 1-up. He also served on the Executive Committee of the US Golf Association. He died at the age of 81. In 1999 he was inducted into the Caddie Hall of Fame. He was prominently featured in the 2005 film "The Greatest Game Ever Played," portrayed by actor Josh Flitter.
Professional Golf Figure. He is probably best remembered as the 10-year-old caddy of Francis Ouimet during the 1913 US Open, held at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, which Ouimet won in a playoff over Harry Vardon and Ted Ray. The picture of him and Ouimet striding down the fairway together is one of the most memorable photographs in American golf history. It appeared on the cover of Mark Frost's account of the 1913 Open "The Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf," and inspired a memorial statue in Brookline. He later relocated to San Francisco, California where he eventually became an extremely successful automobile dealer. He remained active in golf and championed the rising amateur careers of Ken Venturi (1964 U.S. Open Champion), Harvie Ward (1955 & 1956 U.S. Amateur Champion), and Tony Lema (1964 British Open Champion), among others. He became friends with entertainer Bob Hope and they both played in the 1951 British Amateur Championship. In 1956 he arranged a match between his amateurs Venturi and Ward, and two golf pros, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, in a friendly four-ball match at Cypress Point Club in Pebble Beach, California, in which the pros took the match, 1-up. He also served on the Executive Committee of the US Golf Association. He died at the age of 81. In 1999 he was inducted into the Caddie Hall of Fame. He was prominently featured in the 2005 film "The Greatest Game Ever Played," portrayed by actor Josh Flitter.
Bio by: William Bjornstad
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