From St Andrews and Prestwick to Muirfield, Portrush, and Carnoustie, the work of legendary course architect Old Tom Morris reads like a greatest hits of iconic Open Championship venues. Few designers, if any, have had such a lasting impact on golf as The Grand Old Man of Golf, born and bred in St Andrews.

You might think winning the Open Championship four times would be a man's defining legacy, but not in the case of Old Tom Morris.

Old Tom was a wonderful player, one of the greats of the early era of competitive golf.

He was runner-up to his fierce rival Willie Park in the first Open in 1860 but won it the following year as well as in 1862, 1864 and 1867. That final victory makes him The Open's oldest winner, at 46, and he held the record for the largest margin of victory in a Major – his 13-shot triumph in 1862 - until Tiger Woods demolished the field in the 2000 US Open.

But he was so much more than that. And that's what makes him one of the most important figures in the history of the game.