Prestwick Golf Club
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Prestwick Golf Club is a golf course in Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is approximately 30 miles southwest of Scotland's largest city, Glasgow. Prestwick is a classic links course, built on t
18th hole at Prestwick in 2000
The Open Championship
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The Open Championship, often referred to as The Open or the British Open outside of the UK, is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the most prestigious. Founded in 1860, it was origina
Prestwick Golf Club
…the beach and the hinterland. The course is near the Prestwick airport, and some holes run along railway tracks on the eastern side of the course. The Open Championship was first held at Prestwick Golf Club, and was played there 24 times between 1860 and 1925. Golf had been played over the links at Prestwick for many…
Willie Park Sr., the first "Champion Golfer of the Year", wearing the Challenge Belt, the winner's prize at The Open until 1870.
Harry Vardon, the record holding six-time winner of the Open, with five-time winner James Braid.
Ben Hogan gets a ticker-tape parade on his return to New York City, after winning the 1953 Open Championship.
Tiger Woods won the Open twice at St Andrews.