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1866
Men's Major Championship Winners
British Open: Willie Park Sr.
Young Tom Morris scores the first recorded hole-in-one.
Born This Year
• Laurie Auchterlonie, 1902 U.S. Open champ
• Sandy Herd, 1902 British Open champ
• Coburn Haskell, inventor of the wound-rubber, one-piece golf ball
Men's Major Championship Winners
British Open: Young Tom Morris
Born This Year
Harold Hilton (4-time British Amateur and 2-time British Open champ)
Men's Major Championship Winners
British Open: Young Tom Morris
Approximate date of the introduction of separate teeing grounds. Players had, up to this time period, teed off for the next hole from the green of the preceeding hole.
Adelaide Golf Club is the first golf club established in Australia, but survives only a few years (the course that is now known as Royal Adelaide was established about 20 years later).
Young Tom Morris wins his third straight British Open championship. This feat leads to the creation of the Claret Jug.
Born This Year
• Harry Vardon, 6-time British Open champion
• J.H. Taylor, 5-time British Open champion
• James Braid, 5-time British Open champion
Note:: Vardon, Taylor and Braid are known as the "Great Triumvirate" of British golf
Men's Major Championship Winners
British Open: Young Tom Morris
