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 ...

St. Andrews may be the undisputed home of golf, but it’s not the birthplace of the sport’s oldest major championship. That distinct honor belongs to the quiet town of Prestwick, on Scotland’s rugged, ...

19:50, Mon, Jul 21, 2025 Updated: 19:50, Mon, Jul 21, 2025 With champagne corks still popping and ringing praise still being showered over a certain Mr Scottie Scheffler, The Open is very much on the ...

Imagine, if you will, driving into the ancient burgh of Prestwick from the north, past what used to be Scotland’s one international airport and, beyond that, along Monkton Road towards the town itself ...

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 ...

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 ...

In nearly 20 years as a golf journalist, I hadn’t played a round using hickory-shafted clubs until last week. Opportunities had arisen but for one reason or another (maybe because of my innate fear of ...