Young Tom Morris

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Young Tom Morris was a pioneering Scottish professional golfer of the 19th century, renowned for winning four consecutive Open Championships and helping to shape the early history of the sport.

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Young Tom Morris canonical 13
Tom Morris Jr. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish sportsperson ⓘ
human ⓘ
professional golfer ⓘ
activeYears 1860s ⓘ
1870s ⓘ
burialPlace St Andrews Cathedral churchyard ⓘ
causeOfDeath pulmonary hemorrhage ⓘ
child Unnamed stillborn child ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1851-04-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1875-12-25 ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
father Old Tom Morris ⓘ
fullName Thomas Morris Jr. ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Thomas ⓘ
handedness right-handed ⓘ
heritage Scottish ⓘ
influenced early development of professional golf ⓘ
knownFor helping to shape the early history of golf ⓘ
pioneering aggressive style of play in golf ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
memberOf The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews ⓘ
mother Elizabeth Hunter ⓘ
nickname Young Tom Morris ⓘ
notableAchievement First golfer to win The Open Championship four times in a row ⓘ
Won four consecutive Open Championships ⓘ
Youngest winner of The Open Championship ⓘ
notableEvent Shot the first recorded competitive round under 50 for 12 holes at St Andrews ⓘ
Won The Open Championship three times in succession and kept the Challenge Belt permanently ⓘ
notableFact Considered one of golf’s first superstars ⓘ
Died shortly after the death of his wife in childbirth ⓘ
Helped popularize stroke play and more attacking strategies in golf ⓘ
occupation golfer ⓘ
placeOfBirth St Andrews, Fife, Scotland ⓘ
linked to: St Andrews
placeOfDeath St Andrews, Fife, Scotland ⓘ
linked to: St Andrews
recordHeld Youngest Open Champion at age 17 ⓘ
relative Old Tom Morris ⓘ
residence St Andrews, Fife, Scotland ⓘ
linked to: St Andrews
sport golf ⓘ
spouse Margaret Drinnan ⓘ
tournamentWin The Open Championship 1868 ⓘ
The Open Championship 1869 ⓘ
The Open Championship 1870 ⓘ
The Open Championship 1872 ⓘ

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Old Tom Morris → fatherOf → Young Tom Morris ⓘ
Old Tom Morris → child → Young Tom Morris ⓘ
Old Tom Morris → influenced → Young Tom Morris ⓘ
Golf Champion Trophy → firstWinner → Tom Morris Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Young Tom Morris
Young Tom Morris → nickname → Young Tom Morris ⓘ
Old Tom Morris → parentOf → Young Tom Morris ⓘ
subject linked to: Thomas
Thomas Mitchell Morris → relative → Young Tom Morris ⓘ
Young Tom Morris → nickname → Young Tom Morris ⓘ
subject linked to: Thomas Morris Jr.
Old Tom Morris → child → Young Tom Morris ⓘ
subject linked to: Thomas Morris Jr.
Elizabeth Hunter → child → Young Tom Morris ⓘ
Elizabeth Hunter → notableRelative → Young Tom Morris ⓘ
Thomas Morris Jr. → alsoKnownAs → Young Tom Morris ⓘ
subject linked to: Thomas
Margaret Drinnan → spouse → Young Tom Morris ⓘ
Young Tom Morris → name → Young Tom Morris ⓘ
subject linked to: Margaret Drinnan