The first Open Championship was played at the Prestwick Golf Club at Ayr in Scotland. Eight Scottish professionals entered and played 36 holes in a single day. Willie Park, senior was the first winner, shooting a 174. The championship was opened to amateurs as well as professionals the following year. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Francis Murray, The British Open: A Twentieth Century History of Golf's Greatest Championship (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000), 11.
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