No other course has hosted more Opens than the Old Course at St Andrews.
St Andrews Links (The Old Course)
No other course has hosted more Opens than the Old Course at St Andrews.
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Allan Robertson was generally thought to have been the greatest player of his day. He was certainly, if unofficially, the first greenkeeper and golf course designer in history as well as the first golf professional.
Allan Robertson was born in the Auld Grey Toon of St Andrews at a point in history when golf was beginning to captivate the imaginations of well-heeled gentlemen. Robertson was the pre-eminent club and feathery ball-maker of his time, inheriting his grandfather’s business from his father.
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In 1835, at the age of fourteen, Old Tom was apprenticed to Allan Robertson, who most historians consider as the first golf professional, and he worked in his mentor’s St Andrews workshop making golf balls and clubs. It’s said they were never beaten in a challenge match when paired together – especially in high stakes matches such as one for £400 against the Dunns of Musselburgh in 1849.
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