1866 Open Championship: Willie Park Sr wins at Prestwick Golf Club (12-hole links)
Willie Park Sr won the 1866 Open Championship at Prestwick Golf Club (12-hole links), Scotland with 169, by 2 strokes over David Park.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1866 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 13 September 1866
- Course
- Prestwick Golf Club (12-hole links), Scotland
- Edition
- 7th Open Championship
- Format
- 36 holes of stroke play
- Field
- 16
- Purse
- £11
- Trophy
- Challenge Belt
- Champion
- Willie Park Sr · Scotland · born Wallyford, Scotland
- Champion's title
- 3rd Open title
- How he got in
- open entry (no qualifying)
- Winning score
- 54-56-59 = 169 · won by 2 strokes
- Runner-up
- David Park (171)
- Leader entering the final round
- Willie Park Sr (110)
- Final-day weather
- windy: "On a blustery day with the wind from the southwest"
- Low amateur
- William Doleman (183)
Top 10 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willie Park Sr | 54 | 56 | 59 | 169 |
| 2 | David Park | 58 | 57 | 56 | 171 |
| 3 | Robert Andrew | 58 | 59 | 59 | 176 |
| 4 | Tom Morris Sr | 61 | 58 | 59 | 178 |
| 5 | Bob Kirk | 60 | 62 | 58 | 180 |
| 6 | Andrew Strath | 61 | 61 | 60 | 182 |
| T7 | John Allan | 60 | 63 | 60 | 183 |
| T7 | William Doleman (a) | 60 | 60 | 63 | 183 |
| 9 | Tom Morris Jr | 63 | 60 | 64 | 187 |
| 10 | Willie Dunn Sr | 64 | 63 | 62 | 189 |
What happened at the 1866 Open Championship
Willie and David Park became the first brothers to finish first and second in the Open.
Park's third title drew him level with Old Tom Morris on three wins each.
No hole is named by the R&A or Prestwick GC's timeline.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's The Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: the-open.json (The Open room's data), with GNN's Open Championship addendum tables L (top ten by round), H (deciding hole), W (final-day weather) and D (confirmed dates).