Credit to the caddie
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Eddie Lowery doing
the loop for his man Francis Ouimet
Francis when writing an article about his 1913 US Open victory for the
"American Golfer" gave his young caddie, Eddie Lowery, tremendous credit for the job
he had done. Stating that he was a "veritable inspiration whose influence
on my game I can not overestimate" and that a
much
brighter or headier chap would be hard to find. Eddie's advise was both sage and
simple. Each time, with one exception, when he handed Francis a club he'd say
"Keep your eye on the ball." The one exception came on an early play off putt
when he remarked "Take lots of time; it's only 10 o'clock and you've got
until six tonight. Get this one up dead, sure."
Patent drawings of early
"caddy bags". Note the patent dates of 1905 and 1910 as well as the
lack of zippers.
Hard to believe but the modern zipper (patented in December 1913) had yet to be
invented
