Francis Ouimet Collection

No single person has had a greater impact on the game of golf in America than Francis Ouimet. Though gaining in popularity, golf was still a fringe sport until a 20 year old Francis Ouimet shocked the world by winning the 1913 US Open. It was front page news throughout the country. Ten years after Ouimet’s surprise victory, the number of golfers in the United States had tripled, and hundreds of new courses had been built. 

All it took was a largely unknown caddie from Brookline, Massachusetts defeating the greatest golfers in the world. 

Ouimet’s collection of golf medals, trophies, and memorabilia was acquired by the Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund after Ouimet’s death in 1967. The collection has remained in the Ouimet Fund’s possession ever since – some relics displayed, but many others simply sitting in storage for decades. Collectors often point to the dearth of quality Ouimet memorabilia in the collecting market. Well, that’s about to change...

Now, approximately 50 years after it first took possession, the Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund has chosen to auction a few select pieces of memorabilia from its vast collection. Francis Ouimet himself often said “…of all the things I have accomplished, I am proudest of the establishment of the Ouimet Scholarship Fund.” Money raised by this sale will go towards the Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund’s primary objective - providing scholarships so that deserving young men and women who have worked at golf courses can obtain a college education.

Since the Ouimet Fund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, a portion of each winning bid may be eligible for a tax write-off. So bid often and let’s raise money for the largest independent scholarship fund in New England.

Francis Ouimet's 1920 US Amateur Runner-Up Silver Medal

Offered here is Francis Ouimet's Runner-Up Silver Medal from the 1920 US Amateur at Engineers Country Club in New York. The finals of the 1920 US Amateur was a match between the two biggest names in amateur golf - Chick Evans and Francis Ouimet. It was also a match between two former caddies who would go on to establish the two largest caddie scholarship funds in the United States. Chick Evans would reign supreme in 1920, winning his 2nd US Amateur, beating Ouimet by the score of 7&6. 

Other than his two US Amateur victories, in 1914 and 1931, this was the only other time that Francis Ouimet reached the finals of the US Amateur. Therefore, this is the only US Amateur silver medal awarded to Ouimet. In fact, this is the only silver medal awarded to Francis Ouimet for any Major, as he did not finish 2nd in any other Major Championship.