History
Golf had been played over the links at Prestwick for many years before the Club was formally organized in 1851. Old Tom Morris was the club's "Keeper of the Green, Ball and Club Maker" from 1851 to 1864. He designed and built the original 12-hole course. Prestwick was cross-routed from 1851 to 1882; the course had eight greens and 12 holes, with four of the greens being used twice for a 12-hole round. Golf course design and development was in its infancy in 1850; no more than two dozen clubs existed anywhere in the world at that time. Cross-routing was not an uncommon feature.
Morris, originally from St Andrews, returned there to take a leadership position in 1865, but returned to extend the Prestwick course to 18 holes in 1882, when the club acquired significantly more land to the north of its original property. With the course's expansion to 18 holes, which had become the game's standard, cross-routing was eliminated, with 11 new greens being constructed.
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