1867 Open Championship: Tom Morris Sr wins at Prestwick Golf Club (12-hole links)
Tom Morris Sr won the 1867 Open Championship at Prestwick Golf Club (12-hole links), Scotland with 170, by 2 strokes over Willie Park Sr.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1867 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 26 September 1867
- Course
- Prestwick Golf Club (12-hole links), Scotland
- Edition
- 8th Open Championship
- Format
- 36 holes of stroke play
- Field
- 14
- Purse
- £16
- Trophy
- Challenge Belt
- Champion
- Tom Morris Sr · age 46 · Scotland · born St Andrews, Scotland
- Champion's title
- 4th Open title
- How he got in
- open entry (no qualifying)
- Winning score
- 58-54-58 = 170 · won by 2 strokes
- Runner-up
- Willie Park Sr (172)
- Leader entering the final round
- Tom Morris Sr (112)
- Final-day weather
- windy: "On a windy day"; Morris's driver-putter kept the ball "low under the wind"
- Low amateur
- William Doleman (178)
Top 10 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Morris Sr | 58 | 54 | 58 | 170 |
| 2 | Willie Park Sr | 58 | 56 | 58 | 172 |
| 3 | Andrew Strath | 61 | 57 | 56 | 174 |
| 4 | Tom Morris Jr | 58 | 59 | 58 | 175 |
| 5 | Bob Kirk | 57 | 60 | 60 | 177 |
| 6 | William Doleman (a) | 55 | 66 | 57 | 178 |
| 7 | Robert Andrew | 56 | 58 | 65 | 179 |
| T8 | T. Hunter | 62 | 60 | 62 | 184 |
| T8 | William Dow | 62 | 57 | 65 | 184 |
| 10 | Willie Dunn Sr | 64 | 63 | 62 | 189 |
What happened at the 1867 Open Championship
Aged 46 years 102 days, Old Tom became the oldest Open champion, a record that still stands.
Morris kept the ball low in the wind with a flat-faced driver-putter borrowed from Colonel Fairlie.
The Open says Park "missed a crucial putt at the end" but does not name the hole.
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).