<P> 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 . </P>
<P> 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 . </P>
who did francis ouimet beat in the us open
who did francis ouimet beat in the us open
Harry Vardon Ted Ray
Harry Vardon Ted Ray