From an early age Francis Ouimet, son of a French Canadian father and Irish mother, was immersed in golf. His home on Clyde Street in Brookline, Massachusetts was less than 100 yards from the seventeenth green at The Country Club. Read more
Yesterday's Round: Cummaquid
Founded in 1895, Cummaquid is Barnstable County's oldest organized club. A small group of golfers from the towns Yarmouth and Barnstable carved out a nine hole course from the one-time cow pasture. Green fees at one time were less than the price of a cup of coffee and a doughnut. Read more
Yesterday's Round: Memories of Seapuit
Ninety-one year old John Shields described the greens of the long-lost Seapuit Golf Course as, “So rough you would use everything in your bag to putt, mid-iron to mashie, and that’s no exaggeration.” Read more
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Jones vs. Ouimet
It’s Summer 2001. The headline literally shouts across the page of the morning newspaper. Visualize, for the moment, the headline’s impact: a steady stream of vehicles rolling along Route 6, crowded with ecstatic golf addicts headed for Eastham with hopes of rubbing elbows with two golf legends. Read more
