Prestwick Golf Club

Prestwick Golf Club
	18th hole at Prestwick
Club information
	Location in Scotland
Coordinates	55°30′07″N 4°37′08″W / 55.502°N 4.619°W
Location	Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Established	1851
Type	Private
Total holes	18
Events hosted	The Open Championship; The Amateur Championship
Website	prestwickgc.co.uk
Designed by	Old Tom Morris
Par	71
Length	6,544 yards (5,984 m)
Course rating	75

Prestwick Golf Club is a golf course in Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is approximately 30 miles (50 km) southwest of Scotland's largest city, Glasgow. Prestwick is a classic links course, built on the rolling sandy land between the beach and the hinterland. The course is near the Prestwick airport, and some holes run along railway tracks on the eastern side of the course.

The Open Championship originated at Prestwick Golf Club,^[1] and was played there 24 times between 1860 and 1925.

^ Sullivan, Paul (13 July 2022). "Some Classic Golf Courses Have Fallen Off the Open Schedule". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

[1] Sullivan, Paul (13 July 2022). "Some Classic Golf Courses Have Fallen Off the Open Schedule". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

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