1860 Open Championship
Place Player Country Score
1 Willie Park , Sr Scotland 55-59-60=174
2 Tom Morris , Sr Scotland 58-59-59=176
3 Andrew Strath Scotland 180
4 Robert Andrew Scotland 191
5 George Daniel Brown England 192
6 Charlie Hunter Scotland 195
7 Alexander Smith Scotland 196
8 William Steel Scotland 232
Final leaderboard
The 1860 Open Championship was a golf competition held at Prestwick Golf Club, in Ayrshire, Scotland. It is now regarded as the first Open Championship. Until his death in 1859, Allan Robertson was regarded as top golfer in the world. The Open Championship was created to determine his successor. Eight golfers contested the event, with Willie Park, Sr. winning the championship by 2 shots from Tom Morris, Sr.
Prestwick Golf Club organised the event, to be played for by professional golfers. Golf clubs in Scotland and England were invited to name and send up to three of their best players to compete. The contest was over three rounds of the twelve-hole links course. The prize for winning was the Challenge Belt; a player winning the belt three successive years would keep it. Cawdies, i.e. Professional Players, not Keepers of Links were eligible and had to produce a certificate of respectability from their club. George Daniel Brown was the only Englishman to play in the event. James Ogilvie Fairlie was the principal organizer of this inaugural Open Championship.