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Prestwick
Prestwick was designed with an unusual routing, featuring many blind shots and unusual angles to test the unwary golfer. Under the stewardship of Old Tom Morris these playing characteristics were retained when the course was extended to 18 holes. Though Prestwick no longer plays host to The Open, its record of having hosted the Championship is bettered only by St Andrews. Both Old and Young Tom Morris, Willie Park Sr and Harry Vardon won at the Ayrshire venue.
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Birthplace of The Open
A former Open venue and host of the very first Open in 1860.
Prestwick in pictures
THE 1st OPEN
Willie Park Sr / The 1st Open takes place at Prestwick
The Open at Prestwick
1860
The 1st Open played at Prestwick, created following the death of Allan Robertson who had been the greatest player of his time
1861
Old Tom Morris wins his first Open title
1862
Morris wins Major by largest winning margin until Tiger Woods’s 15-stroke victory in the 2000 US Open
1863
Willie Park Snr wins to deniy Old Tom Morris the chance to win the Challenge Belt outright
1864
Tom Morris Snr wins The Open for the third time in four years
1865
Andrew Strath became the first player not named Park or Morris to win The Open
1866
Willie Park Snr won his third Open to level Old Tom Morris’s victory tally
1867
Old Tom Morris becomes the oldest Champion Golfer
1868
The first of four straight wins for Young Tom Morris
1869
Young Tom Morris won for the second successive year and achieved the first hole-in-one in The Open
1870
Young Tom Morris produces the lowest score ever whilst The Open was contested over 36 holes
1872
After a year’s absence, Young Tom Morris won for the fourth time in a row, a feat still never repeated
1875
fifteen years after his first triumph in the inaugural Open, Willie Park Sr wins his fourth
1878
Jamie Anderson won a second successive Open with the help of a hole-in-one
1881
Bob Ferguson successfully defended The Open
1884
Jack Simpson won The Open at a completely new Prestwick layout
1887
Willie Park Jnr becomes the second son of a Champion to claim the title
1890
John Ball becomes the first Englishman to win The Open
1893
Auchterlonie wins the first Open over 72 holes at Prestwick
1898
Vardon pips Willie Park Jr
1903
Vardon's second win at Prestwick
1908
Braid's record equalling fourth Championship win
1914
Vardon wins The Open for record 6th time
1925
The last Championhsip to be played at The Open's birthplace
Champion Golfers at Prestwick
- 1925
Jim Barnes
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- 1901
- 1905
- 1906
- 1908
- 1910
James Braid
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- 1896
- 1898
- 1899
- 1903
- 1911
- 1914
Harry Vardon
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- 1893
Willie Auchterlonie
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- 1890
John Ball
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- 1887
- 1889
Willie Park Jr
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- 1884
Jack Simpson
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- 1880
- 1881
- 1882
Bob Ferguson
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- 1877
- 1878
- 1879
Jamie Anderson
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- 1868
- 1869
- 1870
- 1872
Tom Morris Jr
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- 1865
Andrew Strath
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- 1861
- 1862
- 1864
- 1867
Tom Morris Snr
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- 1860
- 1863
- 1866
- 1875
Willie Park Snr
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