Tom Morris, Sr.

Tom Morris, Sr. won the British Open four times, in 1861, 1862, 1864, 1867 and finished second four times. The first British Open was played in 1860, at Prestwick, when Old Tom was 39 and
producing the best golf of his life. In addition to his British Open achievements, Old Tom was victorious in many of the challenge matches that constituted most of the professional tournament play of his era. He remains one of golf’s most storied champions, whose supremacy was finally challenged only by the emergence of another great golfer, his son, Tom Morris, Jr.