"Ouimet World's Golf Champion"
Newspaper article
By: The New York Times
Date: September 21, 1913
Source: "Ouimet World's Golf Champion." The New York Times, September 21, 1913.
Introduction
The history of golf in the United States has changed with every generation in the twentieth century. The game came to America primarily from the Scottish and British, who dominated the professional championships in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In America, high membership fees at country clubs placed golf out of the reach of most Americans. Consequently, the sport was played exclusively by the wealthy. With many public golf courses, smaller golf clubs, and increased leisure time, golf now is accessible to millions of Americans. Even with the game out of reach for most children in the early twentieth century, many kids dreamed of a career in golf—or just a chance to play on a regular...
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