![]() Hastings (Justin Ashforth), asks Ouimet to play with him over The Country Club course, where caddies have almost no access of their own, and he shoots a fine round of 81 despite a 9 on one hole. He wins the Massachusetts Schoolboy Championship. Francis practices putting at night in his room. He works on his own golf game at every chance, and gradually accumulates his own set of clubs. He begins as a caddie at The Country Club, a posh enclave located across the street from his home in suburban Brookline, Massachusetts, while making friends with the other caddies. ![]() Ouimet watches an exhibition by legendary Jersey golf pro Harry Vardon ( Stephen Dillane) as a 7-year-old boy, and becomes very interested in golf. Amateur golf in that era was a sport only for the wealthy, and Ouimet came from an Irish and French-Canadian immigrant family that was part of the working class. Set mainly in 1913, the film is about Francis Ouimet ( Shia LaBeouf), the first amateur to win the U.S. It was shot in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with the Kanawaki Golf Club, in Kahnawake, Quebec, the site of the golf sequences. The film's screenplay was adapted by Mark Frost from his 2002 book, The Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf. The film was directed by Bill Paxton, and was his last film as a director. The Greatest Game Ever Played is a 2005 American biographical sports film based on the early life of amateur golf champion Francis Ouimet and his surprise winning of the 1913 U.S.
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