Francis Ouimet

In Brookline, Massachusetts, has a gentler tale.

Francis Ouimet and his young caddy, Eddie Lowry, became part of golf history during that 1913 U.S. Open victory.

An alleged encounter in 2005 placed them together again, sitting on the bench beside the course.

An assistant professional reportedly saw the pair.

There's a priest-like figure reported walking through Glen Abbey's former clubhouse.

And even a tale of Francis Ouimet and Eddie Lowry sitting together on a bench at the country club in Brookline.

Now, these are reported encounters and legends, right? Really interesting.

I want to know a little bit more about that.

Well, in golf terms, they're in a playoff.

In the same way, and the other wonderful thing about sport, if you think about it, Watto, you can think back to that movie, The Greatest Game Ever Played, that US Open that was won by an amateur, Francis Ouimet, who basically beat one of the greatest British players golfers ever in fact probably still got the most um wins in terms of opens harry varden it's it's right up there with that isn't it it's real it's david goliath stuff but i'll tell you what this david actually comes with a few tools in their kit and i believe if they can stay in the fight and just scrap for everything like most big games when a team's the favorite if you stay in the fight And if you're there or thereabouts with about 10 or 15 to go, I think the pressure goes on the home side.

What has Ryan Martin, the head coach, brought to this Taniwha team?

Oh, man, in a word, just belief.

But still I'm thinking, well, it's going to be Thomas Bjorn until he gets stuck in a bunker and he double bogeys 16.

And suddenly my man is about to become the first player to win a major on a debut since Francis Ouimet.

And we did that episode when he was at the World Cup.

Yes, we did.

One stroke behind him was a local boy, a kid who had grown up in a house across the street from the country club.

His name was Francis Ouimet.

Francis' father discouraged golf, thought it was a waste of time.

Francis persisted and became a very good amateur player.

The last two of the four rounds of that Open were played on one day, and Vardon and Ray both finish at three, 304 total.

When it was, when regulation play was over with, young Francis Ouimet was tied with them at 304.

So they had an 18-hole playoff the next day, September 20th.

It was raining.