Francis Ouimet, helped by his kind brother Wilfred, started the game on a little course in the back of their home near the seventeenth hole at The Country Club. It’s ironic that young Francis, with his modest upbringing, would make history so nearby, in an entirely different world. During that incredible week in September 1913 a legend materialized. Ouimet, who was a local success but relatively untried in national competitions, beat the two best British players at the time, Harry Vardon and Ted Ray, in a playoff for the U.S. Open title. BEN CRENSHAW