David "Davie" Strath was a Scottish professional who lived in the tiny golfing village of North Berwick where he helped design one of the most famous links in the world. He was the rival and friend of the greatest player of the time, Tom Morris Jnr. who won The Open Championship four years in a row from 1868 to 1872, there was no Championship in 1871.
Strath was the runner-up to Morris in the Open Championships of 1870 and 1872 and in 1876 he tied for the Championship at St Andrews but refused to playoff because of a rules dispute.
The Strath family of brothers were golf professionals. Andrew, the second son, was the Open champion in 1865, but David was the star golfer in the family. George served as the first professional at Royal Troon before emigrating to the United States.
In the autumn of 1878 David fell ill of consumption, he decided on the advice of doctors in the Scottish town of North Berwick to embark on the 84-day voyage to Melbourne to recover. David Strath died of consumption in a house on Royal Terrace in Carlton that was right next to the residence of a Professor Halford, the founder of the medical school at Melbourne University.
Strath was the runner-up to Morris in the Open Championships of 1870 and 1872 and in 1876 he tied for the Championship at St Andrews but refused to playoff because of a rules dispute.
The Strath family of brothers were golf professionals. Andrew, the second son, was the Open champion in 1865, but David was the star golfer in the family. George served as the first professional at Royal Troon before emigrating to the United States.
In the autumn of 1878 David fell ill of consumption, he decided on the advice of doctors in the Scottish town of North Berwick to embark on the 84-day voyage to Melbourne to recover. David Strath died of consumption in a house on Royal Terrace in Carlton that was right next to the residence of a Professor Halford, the founder of the medical school at Melbourne University.
David "Davie" Strath was a Scottish professional who lived in the tiny golfing village of North Berwick where he helped design one of the most famous links in the world. He was the rival and friend of the greatest player of the time, Tom Morris Jnr. who won The Open Championship four years in a row from 1868 to 1872, there was no Championship in 1871.
Strath was the runner-up to Morris in the Open Championships of 1870 and 1872 and in 1876 he tied for the Championship at St Andrews but refused to playoff because of a rules dispute.
The Strath family of brothers were golf professionals. Andrew, the second son, was the Open champion in 1865, but David was the star golfer in the family. George served as the first professional at Royal Troon before emigrating to the United States.
In the autumn of 1878 David fell ill of consumption, he decided on the advice of doctors in the Scottish town of North Berwick to embark on the 84-day voyage to Melbourne to recover. David Strath died of consumption in a house on Royal Terrace in Carlton that was right next to the residence of a Professor Halford, the founder of the medical school at Melbourne University.
Strath was the runner-up to Morris in the Open Championships of 1870 and 1872 and in 1876 he tied for the Championship at St Andrews but refused to playoff because of a rules dispute.
The Strath family of brothers were golf professionals. Andrew, the second son, was the Open champion in 1865, but David was the star golfer in the family. George served as the first professional at Royal Troon before emigrating to the United States.
In the autumn of 1878 David fell ill of consumption, he decided on the advice of doctors in the Scottish town of North Berwick to embark on the 84-day voyage to Melbourne to recover. David Strath died of consumption in a house on Royal Terrace in Carlton that was right next to the residence of a Professor Halford, the founder of the medical school at Melbourne University.
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