St. Andrews—it is the Home of Golf. There is no other place in the golfing world like it. This hallowed site encapsulates the spirit of the game and these fairways have been witness to all of the highs and lows that the Open Championship has had to offer.

Many golfers over the years have tried to tame the undulating links of St. Andrews. Old Tom Morris and his son, Young Tom, came as close as anyone could to mastering the majestic course with eight Championships between them. A list of extraordinary champions—Taylor, Snead, Thomson, Locke, Lema, Nicklaus, Ballesteros, and Faldo—are a true testament to the course s greatness. It toyed with Jones before sharing the secrets of victory, and eternally kept Palmer at bay, though the crowds were always on his side.

St. Andrews & The Open Championship: The Official History contains the finest collection of photographs ever assembled, with stories intertwined that read as if Old Tom Morris wrote them himself. The course photography by Iain Macfarlane Lowe will set a new standard of quality, artistic merit, and sheer beauty. His six years of studying the course with his camera has captured the many moods of this temperamental, stunning, rare, and always changing, but ever appealing home they call St. Andrews—The Old Course.