Why you should never call The Open Championship the British Open

The Open Championship is the oldest golf tournament in the world. Here is why it is not called the British Open.

4 Forgotten Open Venues No Longer On The Rota

The Open is famous for its high quality host venues that make up the rota, with its selection of courses regarded as some of ...
Sports Illustrated

Prestwick’s past shapes club’s present

PRESTWICK, Scotland – Every golf course has its own defining characteristics, but none has the pedigree of Prestwick Golf Club. Stepping upon the grounds, a visitor would not suspect that the first ...
Golf Digest

Prestwick turns back the clock, brings back 12-hole layout used to host the first Open Championship

PRESTWICK, Scotland — In every other respect, it was just an ordinary October Wednesday in Prestwick 162 years ago. But down at the local links, a golf competition was about to be born. Three weeks ...
GOLF.com

After 7 weeks of European golf, this hole stands above the rest

I was all sorts of sickly during last month’s Open at Royal Troon, but on the Wednesday eve of the championship, I felt a burst of energy when we pulled into the parking lot at Prestwick Golf Club.
The New York Times

Home of the Open (Before St. Andrews)

PRESTWICK, Scotland It has been a nice and round 150 years since the first British Open. And while the great golfers of today, like Phil Mickelson, are waxing nostalgic this week about the thrill of ...