Francis and Eddie A century ago, in 1913, the worlds finest golfers gathered at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, to compete in golfs national championship, the U.S. Open. Joining them was a little-known amateur, 20-year-old Francis Ouimet, who lived across the street from the course and taught himself to play by sneaking onto the fairways with the only golf club he owned. His caddie? Ten-year-old Eddie Full description