The Greatest Game Ever Played. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 2002 book
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The Greatest Game Ever Played
Mark Frost, 2002
movie vs book
Bill Paxton, 2005

Set mainly in 1913, the film is about Francis Ouimet, the first amateur to win the U.S. Open. Amateur golf in that era was a sport only for the wealthy, and Ouimet came from an immigrant family that was part of the working class. In the 1913 US Open, 20-year-old Francis Ouimet played golf against his idol, 1900 US Open champion, Englishman Harry Vardon.