How did the oldest golf tournament in the world become what is it today? 🏌️‍♂️💭 Here’s how The Open earned its place in golf history. It all started in 1860 at Prestwick Golf Club. Just 8 local pros competed over 3 rounds of 12 holes in a single day. There was no trophy but the winner got their hands on a leather belt. And after young Tom Morris won the belt 3 times in a row he got to keep it, so the claret jug was introduced in 1872. The same year also saw The Open branch out its host venues, rotating between Prestwick, St Andrews, and Musselburgh. By the 1890s, the tournament had adopted the 72-hole format we know today, and new courses began joining the rota — with other venues being added and removed over time. By the early 1900s, players from outside the UK began to compete regularly and media coverage picked up too, with newspapers and radio bringing the drama to a growing fanbase around the world. But the real turning point came in 1960, when Arnold Palmer crossed the Atlanti...