Eddie Lowery

Eddie Lowery (1903 – 1984) was an American caddy, amateur golfer and businessman.

He is best known as the 10-year-old caddy of Francis Ouimet during the 1913 U.S. Open held in Brookline, Massachusetts, which Ouimet won in a playoff. 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 and Ouimet remained life-long friends and when Ouimet died in 1967, Lowery was one of the pallbearers.

The second born into a family of seven children, [ [http://www.hamptons.com/sm_files/hamptons_article_adventure_1622.htm Hamptons.com - Why Mess Around With Greatness? ] ] Lowery grew up in Newton, Massachusetts. He moved to San Francisco, California and championed the rising amateur careers of Ken Venturi (1964 U.S. Open Champion) and Harvie Ward (1955 & 1956 U.S. Amateur Champion). Lowery played at Lincoln Park in San Francisco.

He became a multi-millionaire as an auto dealer in San Francisco. He enjoyed sponsoring young amateur golfers, such as two of his employees: Venturi and Ward. In 1956, he arranged a match between these two amateurs and two golf pros, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, a friendly four ball match at Cypress Point Club. The amateurs played a strong game but the pros took the match, 1-up. Venturi years later told a newspaper, "It was the best golf I've ever seen."

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