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This Day in Golf History

A page that will list golf history, and the people and events that comprise it in the form of This Day in Golf or This Week in Golf.

This Day in Golf History: September 15

The Open Championship of 1870, the 11th overall, finished on this day with Tom Morris Jr., aka Young Tom, winning with a score of 149 at Prestwick Golf Club. He won by 12 shots over the field of 20 players.

Cliff Schrock