I was all sorts of sickly during last month’s Open at Royal Troon, but on the Wednesday eve of the championship, I felt a burst of energy when we pulled into the parking lot at Prestwick Golf Club.

PRESTWICK, Scotland — In every other respect, it was just an ordinary October Wednesday in Prestwick 162 years ago. But down at the local links, a golf competition was about to be born. Three weeks ...

Clubs that were the foundation of this tournament no longer host. They are considered too small, too remote or too Trump. By Paul Sullivan St. Andrews is hosting its 30th British Open starting on ...

Ann interviews Ken Goodwin, the secretary and historian at Prestwick Golf Club, in southwest Scotland, where the British Open originated and was played 24 times between 1860 and 1925. Goodwin takes ...

PRESTWICK, Scotland • It has been a nice and round 150 years since the first British Open. And while the great golfers of today, like Phil Mickelson, were waxing nostalgic this week about the thrill ...