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Francis Ouimet and Harry Vardon originated from different worlds and different years, but their passion for golf placed them on parallel paths that would collide in the greatest match their sport possessed ever known. A young Massachusetts local, Francis was only 3 years taken off his youthful career as a lowly caddie. Harry was double his age, the greatest British champion ever sold, and innovator of the modern grip and golf swing. Through exacting effort, perseverance, and determination, Harry Vardon possessed escaped a hopeless life of poverty; the unidentified Ouimet dared to imagine following in his hero's footsteps. When the two men finally arrived mutually in their renowned struggle at the 1913 US Open up, its heart-stopping climax offered rise to the sport of golfing as we realize it today. Weaving the tales of Ouimet and Vardon as his narrative, Draw Frost creates a exclusively involving, intimate epic that is similar parts sports biography, sweeping social history, and mental human play. The Greatest Game Ever Played is a must-listen for millions of sports and background fans - and all who have ever before dared to attain for his or her dreams.
