Above: The golf course at The Machrie on the Isle of Islay, Scotland

Born in 1862, just outside the city of Edinburgh, Willie Campbell learned to play golf on the local links at Musselburgh as a young boy, and also worked there as a caddie. Over time, he developed into one of the most successful golfers in the country, finishing in the top 10 of the Open Championship — better known in the United States as the British Open — eight times during the 1880s.

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Above: The golf course at The Machrie on the Isle of Islay, Scotland

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