I’ve loved golf - its tradition, drama, heroes, and the beauty of its settings - since I first watched The Masters as a kid. My grandfather, who lived close to the Woodland Country Club in Auburndale, MA, used to tell me stories about Francis Ouimet, the young local high school golfer, who, after playing in the U.S. Amateur Championship, won the 1913 US Open. Gramp claimed to have been given a set of Ouimet’s wooden clubs by the great golfer himself - perhaps a tall tale, but one I loved hearing anyway.
