The statue, planned for more than a decade and unveiled just a month ago, had a perfect view of the 18th hole at the Old Course. Now authorites are trying to find out who broke the club in Morris' hand.

The statue of Old Tom Morris has been vandalised, just weeks after being unveiled in St Andrews peering down the 18th fairway of the Old Course where the “Grand Old Man of Golf” formed his legend. The project committee that raised the funds and organised the overdue monument to the pioneering four-time winner of The Open described themselves as

The statue, which was unveiled in September and stands yards from the 18th green at the Old Course, has suffered damage

Vandals have attacked a statue to golf legend Old Tom Morris just weeks after it was unveiled next to the Old Course in St Andrews.