Old photograph of Tom Morris standing outside his shop by the Old Golf Course in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Thomas Mitchell Morris, born 16 June 1821, died 24 May 1908, otherwise known as Old Tom Morris, was a Scottish golfer. He was born in St Andrews, Fife, the " home of golf " and location of the St Andrews Links, and died there as well. Young Tom Morris, died 1875, also a golfer, was his son. Old Tom Morris worked as a greenkeeper, clubmaker, ballmaker, golf instructor, and course designer, as well as playing match and tournament golf. He came second in the first Open Championship in 1860, and won the following year. He followed this up with further victories in 1862, 1864 and 1867. He still holds the record as the oldest winner of The Open Championship at 46. Also, he was part of the only father/son couple being winner and runner up. Morris held the record for the largest margin of victory in a major championship, 14 strokes in the 1862 Open Championship, which stood until Tiger Woods won the 2000 US Open by 15 strokes. He became the second player to break 80 over the Old Course, scoring 79; Allan Robertson had been the first to do it. Once his son Young Tom Morris became an accomplished player in his own right by his mid-teens, in the mid 1860s, father and son formed a team for challenge matches, usually played by alternate shot, foursomes play, where they proved very successful. Their partnership, although not exclusive, would continue until the death of Young Tom in 1875
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