Month: March 2022

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150th Open at St. Andrews

By Ally Reid / 30th March 2022

The first ever British Open Golf Championship was played at Prestwick Golf Club in Ayrshire, on 17th October 1860.  A field of only eight professionals competed for the coveted trophy – then the silver-buckled Challenge Belt.  The competition was played over three rounds of the twelve-hole course, in a single day, and Willie Park Snr.…

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