Meet Mark Frost, author of

"The Greatest Game Ever Played"

Registration fee: $15 per person includes hors d' oeuvres and spirits.
Join us for a presentation and conversation about one of the most incredible events in the history golf. Books will be available for purchase and author signing ($15).

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In 1913, Francis Ouimet, was an amateur golfer who was expected to fare poorly at the 1913 U.S. Open, and who was supposedly incapable of competing against professionals. Additionally, to discontinue an ongoing feud with his father, Francis agrees to get a real job and never play golf again. However, after getting a once-in-a-lifetime offer, Francis goes back on his word and competes in the U.S. Open which was taking a place at the Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, across the street from where he lived. Against all odds, he managed to beat the British champions Harry Vardon and Ted Ray, who were considered the world's best golfers, and become the first amateur to win the U.S. Open.

Born in Brooklyn, raised in Los Angles, Mark Frost began writing at 10, and writing professionally at 15. His fourth book, and first non-fiction work, The Greatest Game Ever played, was published in 2002. A comprehensive examination of the birth of golf in America, Greatest Game became a national bestseller and was named by the Wall St. Journal as one of the 10 greatest sports books of all time. Frost also write and produced the acclaimed feature film version of Greatest Game for Disney in 2006.