Home of 1913 US Open champ Ouimet restored for golf history

'Of all the deals I’ve done over the last 50 years, this is certainly in the top five as the most important. You couldn’t pay me enough to do this'

The boyhood home of Francis Ouimet, the self-taught former caddie who won the 1913 US Open, stand across the street from The Country Club, in Brookline, Mass. Period furniture has been brought in to decorate the house, with artwork celebrating Ouimet and his role as the founding father of American golf. 

BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — If any of the golfers in the U.S. Open are still looking for a place to stay this week, there’s a house available across the street from The Country Club and the location isn’t even the best part.

The 1887 three-bedroom, 1½ bath was the boyhood home of Francis Ouimet, the self-taught former caddie who popped across Clyde Street to win the 1913 event. The playoff victory over British pros Harry Vardon and Ted Ray was trumpeted in a book and movie as “The Greatest Game Ever Played,” and it is credited with spreading golf throughout the United States.