The Open And The Little Course Where It All Began

You might think the Open started at St Andrews. It didn't. The story of Prestwick, the railway line, and the birth of golf's greatest championship.

I pulled into the car park of Prestwick Golf Club on Scotland’s west coast and there were men getting out of their cars with their sons, all dressed formally in suits.

It was a chilly day in April and some of the young lads couldn’t have been older than 15 and here they were, all dressed up heading into the clubhouse looking like little gentlemen. I watc…