Word: vardon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cataclysmic event. In 1913, a 21-year-old former caddie at The Country Club, Francis Ouimet, who lived in Brookline, won the U.S. Open there. Ouimet's victory was a watershed in the history of American golf, because he beat the two leading British professionals of the era, Harry Vardon...
...Vardon and Ray, who were considered invincible, had been touring the States proselytizing the game, sponsored by The Times of London. Ouimet, who had caddied at TCC since he was 11, forced a playoff, hitting a jigger onto number 17 and making a must birdie putt...
...next morning Ouimet, accompanied by his ten-year-old urchin of a caddie, Eddie Lowery, astounded the golf world by matching the best ball of Vardon and Ray. Ouimet shot a 72, birdieing the 17th once again to take a three-stroke lead over Vardon. Vardon finished with a 77 and Ray shot a 79. After the monumental victory, which has since been christened "the shot heard round the world," Ouimet went out and celebrated by downing a drink called a "horse's neck," a concoction of lemon juice and ginger...
Throughout the final day of play Green seemed jovial and even a little cocky as he hobnobbed with his caddy and stroked his putts confidently. His behavior brings to mind Bernard Darwin's depiction of Francis Ouimet winning the Open from British rivals Harry Vardon and Ted Ray in 1913. Ouimet's victory was a watershed in the history of the U.S. Open for it signaled the emergence of American golfers who were of the same caliber as their British counterparts...
...figure out of the pages of P.G. Wodehouse who engaged in quoting contests to see who knew Pickwick Papers best while at Eton and for whom the golden age of golf was when the gutta percha ball was in circulation and the renowned British "Triumvirate" of J.H. Taylor, Harry Vardon and James Braid reigned supreme...