Education
For many years it was thought on the basis of a baptismal certificate that Morris was born on 10 May 1851, but in 2006 his birth certificate was discovered in Edinburgh, Scotland. Young Tom moved with his family as an infant from St Andrews to Prestwick, where his father took a new position as golf professional and greenkeeper. Young Tom studied at the prestigious Ayr Academy up to his early teens. The Morris family was becoming more prosperous, and hence able to afford the expensive private school fees, in the range of 15 pounds per year; this sum was the equivalent of perhaps 1,000 pounds in the year 2000. At the Academy, Young Tom studied with the sons of noblemen and wealthy businessmen, and would put his schooling to good use in his golf game and in his personal relationships.
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