1860 OPEN 1" COIN GOLF BALL MARKER - FIRST EVER OPEN! OLD PRESTWICK GOLF CLUB

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THIS BEAUTIFUL HAND PAINTED 1" BRASS COIN MARKER IS FOR THE FIRST EVER OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP HELD IN 1860 AT THE FAMOUS OLD LINKS AT PRESTWICK IN SCOTLAND. THE COIN FEATURES THE FIRST EVER WINNER OF THE OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP - WILLIE PARK SENIOR. THE FIRST OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP WAS HELD ON THE PRESTWICK LINKS ON THE 17TH OCTOBER 1860 AND ONLY 8 SCOTTISH GOLFERS TOOK PART - THERE WAS NO PRIZE FUND THAT YEAR. PRESTWICK WAS USED FOR ALL THE EARLIEST OPENS THROUGHOUT THE 1860s. THESE EARLY TOURNAMENTS WERE DOMINATED BY SCOTTISH PROFESSIONALS (WORKING AS GREENKEEPERS, CLUB MAKERS AND CADDIES) YOUNG TOM MORRIS WON THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN A ROW 1868,1869 AND 1870 AND WAS ENTITLED TO KEEP THE CHAMPION GOLFERS RED MOROCCO CHAMPIONS LEATHER BELT. A COMPETITION WAS NOT HELD IN 1871 AND THEN THE ROYAL & ANCIENT GOLF CLUB OF ST ANDREWS, THE HONOROURABLE COMPANY OF EDINBURGH GOLFERS (BASED AT MUSSELBURGH) JOINED THE PRESTWICK GOLF CLUB TO RE-ESTABLISH THE OPEN GOLF TOURNAMENT. SO FROM 1872 ST ANDREWS, PRESTWICK AND MUSSELBURGH HOSTED THE OPEN IN ROTATION AT THE THREE AFOREMENTIONED CLUBS. ALSO, A NEW TROPHY WAS ALSO PRESENTED - THE FAMOUS SILVER CLARET JUG TO BE HELD EACH YEAR BY THE CHAMPION GOLFER. THIS BALLMARKER MAKES A SUPERB ADDITION TO ANY QUALITY COLLECTION AND PROVIDES A GREAT ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AND DISPLAY.

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