Lot 32
PRESENTED TO EDWARD E. LOWERY - A PEWTER QUAICH ‡
Auction: 15 July 2015 from 20:30 BST
Description
inscribed 'International Seniors Amateurs Golf Society, Age Playing Award, Gleneagles 1977, 73 Gross, Age 74, Edward E. Lowery
Footnote
Note: Edward "Eddie" Lowery rose to fame at the tender age of 10 years old when assisted Francis Ouimet- the 20 year old amateur who took the golf world by storm by defeating Ted Ray and Harry Vardon in a playoff at the 1913 U.S.Open. Ouimet was heard to say “I’ll stick with Eddie,” that September day in 1913; his loyalty to Eddie resolute.
Lowery and Ouimet remained lifelong friends and visited one another often, including reuniting at the 1963 U.S. Open to celebrate the 50-year anniversary of Ouimet’s win. Eddie also contributed significantly to the Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund and was a sponsor of the Ouimet Museum. In 1999, a Ouimet and Lowery statue was unveiled at the World Golf Hall of Fame, and he and Francis were also inducted into the Caddie Hall of Fame.
This particular trophy was thought to be one of Lowery's most treasured and one of the only trophies outside of the Ouimet Museum in Massachusetts.