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Good News in History, October 17

The Open Championship, the oldest golf tournament in the world, is one of four majors and rotates among a select group of coastal UK courses; it is still going.

On air: Kenji Moonfield and Gloria Vance on The Weekend Shift
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Watch it as it aired: Kenji Moonfield and Gloria Vance on this story, from The Weekend Shift at 9:26 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Good News Network's, the jokes are ours.

Photo: Royal Troon Golf Club
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  • First reported by Good News Network: “Good News in History, October 17”.
  • Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 9:26 AM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Kenji Moonfield and Gloria Vance.

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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe strangest story we found today is that the Open Championship was first played in Scotland, at Prestwick in Ayrshire, one hundred sixty-six years ago today.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and it still rotates among a select group of coastal courses in Britain.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have covered coups with a shorter paper trail.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA hundred sixty-six years, and it has never once been trending on a Saturday morning until us.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorUntil you.

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