In a proposed competition Competition for a `` Challenge Belt '' , Fairlie sent Sending out a series of letters to Blackheath , Perth , Edinburgh , Musselburgh and St. Andrews , inviting Participation a player known as a `` respectable caddie '' to represent each of the clubs in a tournament to be held on 17 October 1860 .

The pairings were Tom Morris , Sr. ( Prestwick ) and Robert Andrew ( Perth ) , Willie Park Sr. ( Musselburgh ) and Alexander Smith ( Bruntsfield ) , William Steel ( Bruntsfield ) and Charlie Hunter ( Prestwick St Nicholas ) , George Daniel Brown ( Blackheath ) and Andrew Strath ( St Andrews ) .