Prestwick Golf Club

Golf had been played over the links at Prestwick for many years before the club was formally organized in 1851. Old Tom Morris was the club's "Keeper of the Green, Ball and Club Maker" from 1851 to 1864. He designed and built the original 12-hole course, which measured 3,799 yards, 578 of which were on the first hole. In common with other courses, many of Prestwick's original holes crossed over the same undulating terrain; no more than two dozen golf clubs existed anywhere in the world at that time. Six of the original greens are still used by the present 18-hole course, which also includes three of the original holes: 2nd (Alps), 3rd (Cardinal) and 5th (Sea Headrig). Morris, originally…

The winners of The Open Championship at Prestwick Golf Club. {| class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan=2 | Year !! rowspan=2 | Winner !! colspan=5 | Score |- ! R1 !! R2 !! R3 !! Total |- ! 1860 | Willie Park, Sr. ^1st || 55||59||60||174 |- ! 1861 | Tom Morris, Sr. ^1st || 54||56||53||163 |- ! 1862 | Tom Morris, Sr. ^2nd || 52||55||56||163 |- ! 1863 | Willie Park, Sr. ^2nd || 56||54||58||168 |- ! 1864 | Tom Morris, Sr. ^3rd || 54||58||55||167 |- ! 1865 | Andrew Strath ^1st || 55||54||53||162 |- ! 1866 | Willie Park, Sr. ^3rd || 54||56||59||169 |- ! 1867 | Tom Morris, Sr. ^4th || 58||54||58||170 |- ! 1868 | Tom Morris,…