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History of golf in Ayrshire
| 1851 |
Formation of Prestwick Golf Club. Club Professional is four times Open Champion, Tom Morris Senior |
| 1860 |
First Open Championship contested over 36 holes and won by Willie Park |
| 1872 |
First time the Claret Jug is played for at Prestwick |
| 1923 |
Open played at Troon and won by Arthur Havers |
| 1925 |
Open played at Prestwick for the last time and won by Jim Barnes |
| 1950 |
Bobby Lock wins the Open at Troon |
| 1962 |
Arnold Palmer defends his Open title at Troon |
| 1973 |
Tom Weiskopf wins his only major title at Troon |
| 1977 |
Tom Watson wins a famous duel at Turnberry, beating Jack Nicklaus by one shot |
| 1982 |
Tom Watson wins his fourth Open Championship at Royal Troon |
| 1986 |
Greg Norman wins his first major title at Turnberry |
| 1989 |
Mark Calcavechia wins a three way playoff at Royal Troon |
| 1994 |
Nick Price wins at Turnberry |
| 1997 |
Justin Leonard wins his first Open at Royal Troon |
| 2004 |
Todd Hamilton wins his first major at Royal Troon in a play off against Ernie Els |
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