Golf is widely regarded as a Scottish invention; references to the game in Scotland go back at least to the fifteenth century. The Old Course at St Andrews on the east coast of Fife is the most famous course in the world and the headquarters of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, the body that historically wrote the rules of the sport.
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The Open Championship, usually called the British Open, is the oldest of golf's four major championships and is played annually on a rotation of links courses around the British Isles. The first Open was held at Prestwick in Scotland in 1860.
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