The greatest golf game ever played

The Scituation. The Scituation Scituate High School's student newspaper. RSS Feed. Submit Search. What is your favorite holiday cookie? Tweets by Scituation. Navigate Left. Navigate Right. Share on Facebook. Share on Twitter. Did you know Edit. The producers had the white clubhouse painted yellow for the film. Members liked the change so much they kept the color after filming. Goofs During the playoff, Harry Vardon's ball blocks Francis Ouimet's ball's path on the green, a play called a "stymie.

The playoff for the US Open was medal stroke play, and the stymie rule would not have applied. The USGA eliminated that rule in Quotes Ted Ray : Morning, Harry. User reviews Review. Top review. Makes par. The Greatest Game Ever Played loses points for having a terrible title.

But it is an inspirational "true" story from Walt Disney studios and so every inch of melodrama is squeezed from it accompanied by appropriately "swelling" music. Which is not to say I didn't like the movie. I did enjoy it for what it was. As a person who golfs it was both interesting and frustrating to see how golf was played in the early part of the century but much more could have been done with the game of golf itself in the film.

I think that non-golfers who don't know the game will find it hard to keep track of who is ahead in the matches which is a problem in the film's editing. Instead, the story concentrates on two sub plots. Shia is a natural golfer but his father is totally against it. The Greatest Game Ever Played is more than just arguably the best golf film ever, its true history changed the sport forever.

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In fact, Hogan is said to have made a decoy tee time for a practice round at Pebble Beach the morning of the match in order to keep fans and media off their track. What is indisputable is that the two amateurs came out on fire. Venturi and Ward had birdies on nine of the first 10 holes. However, despite this impressive start, they still found themselves 1-down to Hogan and Nelson thanks to an yard pitch-in for eagle by Hogan on the uphill, yard, par-5 10th hole.

On the yard, par-4 11th hole, Nelson used a 2-iron to set up a foot birdie putt, only to be matched by his protg Venturi. The match continued in this fashion in what may have been the finest display of golf ever seen in match-play competition. Golf Magazine once referred to this match as the greatest golf match ever played. Hogan and Venturi matched birdies on the par-3, 15th.

When the players reached the famous yard, par-3, 16th hole, the professionals were still clinging to their one-shot lead. On this day, the 16th, which sits like Atlantis amidst the rocks and crashing waves, was playing dead into a harsh Pacific wind.

Nelson and Ward were both forced to use drivers to reach the putting surface. In a testament to their prowess, their tee shots set up birdie putts that both men would convert. The 17th hole was halved, setting up the short, yard, par-4, 18th hole as the deciding factor.