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William Auchterlonie (1872-1963) was a
Scotland|Scottish golfer. He was a native of the
"Home of Golf" St. Andrews. He won the 1893 The
Open Championship|Open Championship, at the age of
21 years and 24 days and he remains the second
youngest Open Champion after Tom Morris, Jnr, but
it was to prove to be his only Open.

Auchterlonie was honorary professional to the
Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews for
nearly a quarter of a century. He had began his
working life as an apprentice to a clubmaker and
he ran clubmaking business for most of his adult
life. There is still a golf shop called
Aucterlonie's in St Andrews. He was involved in
golf course design.