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No Man is Hero to His Caddie

The single best lesson I ever had in the game of golf came from a caddie. I was traveling through Ireland, and somewhere between Killarney and Cork I completely mislaid whatever semblance of a golf swing I once possessed. Hey, it happens.

In any case, on the first tee at Mount Juliet near Kilkenny, I apologized in advance to the stout middle-aged man, bundled in a dirty blue parka, who had the misfortune to be huddling next to my golf bag. "You drew the wrong straw today, my good man," I told him, and proceeded to demonstrate on the first hole. Weak drive, chunked approach, scalded bunker shot, weak return chip, two wobbly putts easy double bogey. My sigh of self-disgust came from one of my deepest chakras.

Walking after my tee ball on the second, my caddie spoke up. "What's funny to you, Jim?" he asked, clubs jingling as his stubby legs tried to keep up."Huh?"

"What makes you laugh?" he continued. "Some cartoon? Movie?"

I thought about his question for a minute, and, almost unbidden, the Three Stooges came to mind. Embarrassed, I

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Inducted in 1999 (Posthumously)

Eddie Lowery was just 10 years old when he was thrust upon the world stage as the caddie for Francis Ouimet at the 1913 U.S. Open.

A native of Newton, MA, Lowery was on the bag for Ouimet when Ouimet upended legends Harry Vardon and Ted Ray at The Country Club in nearby Brookline in 1913. Lowery relocated to San Francisco, CA, where he became a successful car dealer. He never lost his love for the game of golf, and helped grow the careers of U.S. Open champion Ken Venturi and two-time U.S. Amateur champion Harvey Ward. Lowery also served on the Executive Committee of the United States Golf Association. He died in 1984 at age 81.

For his work promoting the important role of caddies in the game of golf, Eddie Lowery earned a place in the Caddie Hall of Fame, which recognizes individuals who support caddying.

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Eddie Lowery

American caddie, golfer and businessman

For the former Michigan Wolverines ice hockey coach, see Eddie Lowrey.

Edward Edgar Lowery (October 14, 1902 – May 4, 1984)^[1] was an American caddie, amateur golfer and multi-millionaire businessman.

Lowery is best known as the 10-year-old caddie of Francis Ouimet during the 1913 U.S. Open, held at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, which Ouimet won in a playoff over Harry Vardon and Ted Ray. An iconic photograph of Lowery and Ouimet striding down the fairway together is one of the most memorable in American golf history. It was used as the logo for the United States Golf Association's centennial celebrations, appears on the cover of Mark Frost's account of the 1913 Open The Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf and inspired a memorial statue in Brookline. Lowery was prominently featured in the 2005Disney movie The Greatest Game Ever Played, portrayed by actor Josh Flitter.

Lowery and Ouimet remained lifelong friends, and when Ouimet died in 1