#OTD 8th May 1888 Prestwick hosts its first Amateur Championship, one of eleven played at the club. The winner was John Ball Junior (who also won @theopen at Prestwick in 1890) with the most recent being Michael Hoey in 2001
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#OTD 8th May 1888 Prestwick hosts its first Amateur Championship, one of eleven played at the club. The winner was John Ball Junior (who also won @theopen at Prestwick in 1890) with the most recent being Michael Hoey in 2001
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Today marks the birthday of Young Tom Morris, son of Prestwick Golf Club’s first Keeper of the Green, Old Tom Morris, and winner of The Open an incredible four times in a row from 1868. All four of his victories were over Prestwick’s original 12-hole course, the links where he had learned golf as a boy. Among many feats in his short, illustrious life, was The Open’s first ever hole-in-one at the 166-yard 8th hole. After his hat-trick of victories, Young Tom was allowed to keep the original Challenge Belt, which had been funded by Prestwick members.
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Today marks the birthday of Young Tom Morris, son of Prestwick Golf Club’s first Keeper of the Green, Old Tom Morris, and winner of The Open an incredible four times in a row from 1868. All four of his victories were over Prestwick’s original 12-hole course, the links where he had learned golf as a boy. Among many feats in his short, illustrious life, was The Open’s first ever hole-in-one at the 166-yard 8th hole. After his hat-trick of victories, Young Tom was allowed to keep the original Challenge Belt, which had been funded by Prestwick members.
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Visit the Birthplace of the Open Championship, Prestwick Golf Club, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Book online ➡️ www.prestwickgc.co.uk
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Visit the Birthplace of the Open Championship, Prestwick Golf Club, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Book online ➡️ www.prestwickgc.co.uk
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@PrestwickGC 🏴 has been ranked 63rd @golf_com World Top 100. ⬆️ 6 places from last ranking
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@PrestwickGC 🏴 has been ranked 63rd @golf_com World Top 100. ⬆️ 6 places from last ranking
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World Hickory Open Championship starts @prestwickgc today. Jointly hosted by @Western_Gailes, @barassie_kbgc
Good luck to all the competitors!
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World Hickory Open Championship starts @prestwickgc today. Jointly hosted by @Western_Gailes, @barassie_kbgc
Good luck to all the competitors!
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Now that the dust has settled at Royal Troon after a brilliant Open Championship, it's time to explore more of Ayrshire's golfing gems! Dive into our blog post highlighting some of the great courses along the stunning Ayrshire coastline.
https://scotlandwheregolfbegan.com/blog/ayrshire-golf-nirvana
Had a great game with Marc Bender and Adam Wachter
from Hidden Links!!
Marc made a ridiculous par on the “Alps” 😂
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@RickieFowler plays a low stinger shot 💥
@prestwickgc last week!!
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@golfcourses101 @PrestwickGC This is what makes golf so fun… variety!!! Prestwick is the perfect balance of blind shots and hazards… I could play there everyday!!!
Where’s the green? Thoughts on a blind par? Quirky? Fun? Not for you? @PrestwickGC 5th hole
They call it “narrows” for a reason! @PrestwickGC
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Coolest bell in golf? @PrestwickGC
Signed copies available @prestwickgcpro @prestwickgc
Happy birthday to Prestwick. #OTD 2 July 1851 Prestwick Golf Club is founded in the Red Lion Inn with the 13th Earl of Eglinton elected as its first Captain. Tom Morris is recruited by James Ogilvy Fairlie to be Keeper of the Green, Ball and Clubmaker. He serves Prestwick till 1864 when he returns to his native St Andrews.
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Dave Edmondson and his team pictured with former Open Champion Shane Lowry at Royal Troon today!
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Perfect June (summer) weather
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#OTD 26 June 1925 @prestwickgc stages its last @theopen (and 24th in all, a record bettered only by St Andrews). Jim Barnes overturns Macdonald Smith’s final round lead of five shots over him to win by a single shot from Ted Ray. Stewards struggle to control a crowd of around 15,000 present for the closing round.
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Tom Morris is born in St Andrews on this day, 16 June 1821. In 1851, he moves with his wife Agnes and one-month old son, Tommy, to Prestwick where he is appointed Prestwick Golf Club’s first Keeper of the Green, Ballmaker and Clubmaker. In his 13 years at the club, he helps set up golf’s most famous event, The Open Championship in 1860, which he himself won four times.
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Great golf course. The 12 inside holes they played 3 times to get 36 holes. The outer 6 or the new holes were built in 1899. This made an 18 hole course. Playing the original 12 let's you know what golf was like in the mid 1800s
Loved playing the course in 1975. 👍😁
Very nice golf course Prestwick Golf Club I played there in 2019 and had a caddie as well, very good day out it’s got history Loved it
Looks like the Auld Kirk in the background which didn’t have a railway line in front of it back in those days.
Is that Young Bob Kirk behind him?
Happy Birthday Old Tom.
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