Editing The Open Championship (section)

===The introduction of course rotation and the Claret Jug (1872–1889)===
On 11 September 1872 agreement was reached between Prestwick, the [[Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers]] and [[The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews|The Royal and Ancient Golf Club]]. They decided that each of the three clubs would contribute £10 towards the cost of a new silver trophy, which became known as the [[Claret Jug]], known officially as The Golf Champion Trophy, and hosting of the Open would be rotated between the three clubs. These decisions were taken too late for the trophy to be presented to the [[1872 Open Championship|1872 Open]] champion, who was once again Young Tom Morris. Instead, he was awarded with a medal inscribed 'The Golf Champion Trophy', although he is the first to be engraved on the Claret Jug as the 1872 winner. Medals have been given to, and kept by the winner ever since.<ref name="Belt&Jug History"/> [[Young Tom Morris]] died in 1875, aged 24.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.antiquegolfscotland.com/antiquegolf/openchamp.php3?openid=1875 |title=1875: Prestwick |website=antiquegolfscotland.com |access-date=7 January 2019 |archive-date=25 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025110319/https://www.antiquegolfscotland.com/antiquegolf/openchamp.php3?openid=1875 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The tournament continued to be dominated and won by Scottish professionals, to be rotated between the three Scottish golf courses, and played over 36 holes in a single day until 1889.<ref name="Open - 1889">{{cite web |url=https://scores.theopen.com/Heritage/PreviousOpens#!/1889/Prestwick |title=1889 |publisher=The Open |access-date=6 January 2019 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107233514/https://scores.theopen.com/Heritage/PreviousOpens#!/1889/Prestwick |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Image:Braid-James-with-Harry-Varden-c-1907.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Harry Vardon]], the record holding six-time winner of the Open, with five-time winner [[James Braid (golfer)|James Braid]].]]