Carnoustie the Championship course, on which several international tournaments are held, the Burnside course and the Buddon course. Carnoustie Golf Links is one of the venues in The Open Championship's rotation. The course first played host to The Open in 1931, when it was won by Tommy Armour of the USA. Subsequent winners have included Henry Cotton of England in 1937, Ben Hogan of the USA in 1953, Gary Player of South Africa in 1968, Tom Watson of the USA in 1975, Paul Lawrie of Scotland in 1999, Pádraig Harrington of Ireland in 2007, and Francesco Molinari of Italy in 2018.
Percy Lawrie (rugby union) player to score a hat trick against the Barbarians. Lawrie was captain of Leicester for 165 games between 1911–14 and then again between 1920–23 this was a record which stood until 2004 when Martin Johnson over took him. Lawrie made his international debut for England on 19 March 1910 against Scotland at Inverleith. in the last game of the 1910 Five Nations Championship, his only other England cap was the next year against the same opponents at Twickenham where he scored a try. During the war Lawrie served as a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery and following his retirement from