Upset at Oakmont: How Dave Herron Beat Bobby Jones in the 1919 U.S. Amateur

In 1919, at Oakmont Country Club, seventeen-year-old Bobby Jones fought his way to the finals for a chance to make history as the youngest winner of the U.S. Amateur Championship. Standing in his way was twenty-one-year-old Dave Herron, a Pittsburgh native and former Oakmont caddie. Despite his relatively unknown status and to the shock of many, Dave beat Bobby with the most spectacular golf-under par at Oakmont--in U.S. Amateur history.

Upset at Oakmont is a dual biography of two gifted chi...