Filmed at the Kanawaki Golf Club outside Montreal, Quebec. The producers had the white clubhouse painted yellow for the film. Members liked the change so much they kept the color after filming.
The real Francis Ouimet and Eddie Lowery remained life long friends. When Ouimet died in 1967, Lowery was one of the pall-bearers.
In the beginning of the film Harry Vardon shows young Francis how to hold the golf club. Vardon is credited with creating the overlapping grip, used by most professionals and still referred to as the Vardon grip to this day.
In reality, Ted Ray wasn't anywhere near as obese as the actor who portrayed him.
Peyton List's debut.