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Antique Golf Clubs from Scotland
Open Championship
<< 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 >>

Year Venue


1865: Prestwick

 Player Score
1Andrew Strath162
2Willie Park Snr164
3William Dow171
4Bob Kirk173
5Old Tom Morris174
6William Doleman (a)178
7Robert Andrew179
8William Strath182
9William Miller189
10Tom Hood (a)198

The 1865 tournament marked the first appearance of 'the boy' brought along by Old Tom Morris to the surprise of the other golfers. Young Tom Morris, aged fourteen, gave up after the first two rounds (though he was a shot ahead of his father at this point) but his time would come. The winner was the previous year's runner up, Andrew Strath. A St Andrews native, he had taken over from Old Tom Morris as keeper of the green at Prestwick and, with a year to get to know the course, now triumphed.