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 ...

It has long been known that Scotland, with its many nooks and crannies, is a golfers' paradise. Places such as Prestwick, the small town on the South Ayrshire coast that helped pioneer the ‘great game ...

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, are waxing nostalgic this week about the thrill of ...

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 ...

St. Andrews may be the undisputed home of golf, but it’s not the birthplace of the sport’s oldest major championship. That distinct honor belongs to the quiet town of Prestwick, on Scotland’s rugged, ...

A 12th century kirkyard has been revived as part of a bold project for the digital age. Virtual tours of Prestwick’s Old St Nicholas site are now being beamed from Samoa to Serbia. The heritage winner ...

It is the Ayrshire bar famed for being the birthplace of the Open golf championship. Now Prestwick's Red Lion is set for a bold new look as owners prepare to put a "country pub style" twist on their ...

A 38-year-old man has been convicted of raping a 22-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl. Andrew Thomson, from Prestwick, was also found guilty at the High Court in Glasgow of assaulting the ...

It has long been known that Scotland, with its many nooks and crannies, is a golfers' paradise. Places such as Prestwick, the small town on the South Ayrshire coast that helped pioneer the ‘great game ...

A 38-year-old man has been convicted of raping a 22-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl. Andrew Thomson, from Prestwick, was also found guilty at the High Court in Glasgow of assaulting the ...