The Open Should come back home ....

[mono217]

Course is too small

 

[slugger]

Surely, if we're going to re-asign the title of "home of golf", then Leith Links would have to be in with a shout.

 

[Dodger]

The game was played at the actual home of golf at as early as 1552.

 

[krokodil]

St Andrews is the home of golf,it has nothing to do with The Open....slight backtrack there Krokodil?

Where exactly did I backtrack?

The wikipedia paste tells us what?
Was St Andrews the first golf course? You'll find many sources that say differently.
A lot of the historic stuff relating to the history of St Andrews and the origins of golf seems difficult to substantiate.

 

[Herbie]

It depends what is recorded as the official home of golf as opposed to oldest course etc.

I think the Open should come back home......my home, just down the road there is the very lovely Woodhall spa, would do a lovely job of it.

 

[krokodil]

My point is that I always assumed it to be because of the Open history not the tenuous stuff going back yonks to guy's whacking stones in rabbit holes or something along those lines.

 

[thecraw]

Firstly, its Prestwick, not Royal Prestwick. Secondly in my opinion Prestwick is not good enough to host the Open Championship anymore. (Tinhat on!) I believe that Western Gailes is not only a better course, its better laid out and a tougher track than Prestwick.

I dont think Prestwick ever has a chance of hosting the Open ever again.

I am also a strong believer that alot of the Irish courses need to be examined at great length again about becomming possible future venues!