Ayrshire & West Coast Scotland

Ayrshire & West Coast
Scotland

Ayrshire & West Coast Scotland

Scotland’s Ayrshire County is teeming with rich golfing history. It starts with a walk on the same Ailsa Course fairways at Trump Turnberry that tested Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson during their famous “Duel in the Sun” more than 40 years ago. After exploring Dundoland Links, it’s on to the birthplace of The Open, Prestwick Golf Club, where a discreet collection of stones on the first hole marks the location where the very first Open tee-shot was struck. You can’t get more historic than that! And every day at Royal Troon Golf Club, golfers play the shortest hole in Open Championship golf, where the aptly named “postage stamp” green welcomes only the most accurate of tee shots.

SAMPLE ITINERARY

Day

Golf

Hotel

Day One:

Turnberry Golf Club – Ailsa Course

Trump Turnberry

Day Two:

Dundonald Links

Trump Turnberry

Day Three:

Prestwick Golf Club

Trump Turnberry

Day Four:

Western Gailes Golf Club

Trump Turnberry

Day Five:

Royal Troon Golf Club

Trump Turnberry

GOLF COURSES IN THIS ITINERARY

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Turnberry Golf Club - Ailsa Course

Par 71
6,511 yards
Designed by Mackenzie Ross, Martin Ebert

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Dundonald Links

Par 72
6,725 yards
Designed by Kyle Phillips

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Prestwick Golf Club

Par 71
6,551 yards
Designed by Old Tom Morris, Donald Steel, Tom MacKenzie, Martin Ebert

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Western Gailes Golf Club

Par 71
6,640 yards
Designed by Fred Hawtree, Donald Steel, Tom MacKenzie, Martin Ebert

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Royal Troon Golf Club

Par 71
6,632 yards
Designed by Willie Fernie, James Braid

Elsewhere in Ayrshire County, travelers can visit Western Gailes Golf Club, a hidden gem layout that has welcomed legendary players such as Harry Vardon, Gene Sarazen, and Gary Player. Only a stone’s throw—really two average length par 4s—away, a more modern hidden gem, Dundonald Links, allows avid amateurs a chance to play 18 holes that once hosted the first stage of the European Tour Qualifying School and more recently hosted the Scottish Open. Just how appealing is a round of golf played on this lesser-known course? Scotland’s own Paul Lawrie, the 1999 Open champion, asserts that Dundonald Links has “the feel of a classic Ayrshire Links test.”

Adventurous golf travelers can even take a day trip to Machrihanish Golf Club, a historic links layout designed by Old Tom Morris, where the first hole is a 424-yard par 4 that requires a tee shot hit over the Atlantic Ocean. Jack Nicklaus once deemed it the best opening hole in all of golf.

ACCOMMODATION IN THIS ITINERARY

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Trump Turnberry

5 Star Hotel

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Trump Turnberry

5 Star Hotel

ALTERNATIVE GOLF & ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS

TRANSPORT

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Luxury Self Drive Cars

From leading flagship car rental providers

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Helicopter

The finest chartered choppers in Scotland

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Luxury Coaches

Options from luxury 4 to 36 seaters

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