Tour Scotland photograph of the Old Course, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. St Andrews is known widely as the " home of golf ". According to the earliest surviving document from 1552, the " playing at golf " on the links adjacent to the " water of eden " was granted permission by Archbishop Hamilton. The most famous golf course in the town is the Old Course, purchased by the town council in 1894. The course which dates back to medieval times, is an Open Championship course, which was first staged in 1873. Famous winners at St Andrews have included: Old Tom Morris, 1861, 1862, 1867 and 1874); Jack Nicklaus, 1970 and 1978. and Tiger Woods, 2000 and 2005. According to Jack Nicklaus, " if a golfer is going to be remembered, he must win at St Andrews ".
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