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There are seven golf courses in Scotland that have hosted The Open Championship
over the years. Only five of these golf courses now remain on the Open circuit:
St Andrews, Turnberry, Muirfield, Royal Troon and Carnoustie. The two courses
that have been susequently dropped are Prestwick and Musselburgh. The Open was
held in Scotland for the first 33 years of its' history from 1860 - 1893 and in
1894 Sandwich in England was the first non Scottish host.
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The Old Course at St Andrews is the worlds most famous golf course with St Andrews
itself being known as "The Home of Golf". The Open is now played at
St Andrews every five years and has staged the championship no fewer than 25 times
since 1873. The most recent Open at St Andrews was in 2010 when Louis Oosthuizen
won his first major.
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Royal Troon became an Open Championship course in 1923 before it actually had
the "Royal" title. Royal Troon is regarded as one of the most difficult
open venues and with its' new championship tees, it proved a real stiff test for
those who competed here in July 2004. Palmer, Weiskopf and Justin Leonard are
among the winners at Royal Troon.
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The first twelve Open Championships were held at
Prestwick Golf Club from 1860 - 1872. Tom Morris Snr and Tom Morris Jnr won eight
of these between them (four a piece). However, the last time Prestwick saw The
Claret Jug being played for over this "tricky" links course was in 1925.
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Muirfield or
"The Honorary Company of Edinburgh Golfers" to give it its' proper title
is one of the favourite Open Championship venues. It is certainly a favourite
with Nick Faldo who won two of his three Open titles there in 1987 and 1992. Ernie
Els was the last to conquer Muirfield in 2002 when there was a four man play off
for the title.
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Often regarded
as the most difficult golf course in Scotland, Carnoustie has held The Open six
times. Padraig Harrington,Paul Lawrie, Henry Cotton, Tommy Armour, Tom Watson,
Gary Player and of course, Ben Hogan have all won here. Carnoustie has produced
the two highest winning four round aggregate scores in post world war II years
(289 & 290).
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The Ailsa Course at Turnberry
is one of the most scenic golf courses in the world. With only four Open Championships
under its' belt, Turnberry is surely to play host to The Open again in the near
future. One of the finest final rounds in the recent history of The Open was at
Turnberry in 1977 when Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus had their "duel in the
sun".
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The Old Course at Musselburgh Links was host to six Opens in the 1870s and 1880s.
The Old Course is still a nine hole course so in those days, four rounds were
played to make up the 36 holes which The Open was played over then. Members of
Musselburgh moved to Muirfield in the early 1890s and the Open was then staged
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