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Golf Course Descriptions
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Turnberry - Ailsa Course:
A day to remember on the Turnberry Ailsa Championship Course –
Arguably the most scenically stunning links course on the Open Championship rota.
On a clear day it is possible to see from Scotland across the sea to Ireland. It was
here that Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus delivered one of the finest finales to Major ever
witnessed, now known as the "Duel in the Sun". The experience of playing Turnberry is
purely to stand on the 9th tee, with the waves lashing against the rocky outcrop, and drive
across cliffs to a camber fairway. |
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Prestwick St Nicholas:
Founded in 1851, this is an easy-walking links course with tight
fairways and an excellent introduction to Scottish golf. The course measures 5,952 yards
and is a par 69.
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Prestwick - Old Course:
If you are as interested in the history of golf as
the playing of the game, then Prestwick, the birthplace of the Open Championship
on the west coast of Scotland, demands a visit. Here you will be walking in the
footsteps of legends. Although when the Open was first played in 1860 it was over
a 12-hole course of 3,799 yards, with a par in the mid-50s, the distinctive flavour
of the Prestwick Old Course remains and seven of the original greens are in the same place.
Whether playing or just lunching at the vast table which stretches the length of the
room with history all around you, take time to visit the stone cairn, close to the putting green,
which is on the site of the original first tee.
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Royal Troon:
Dramatic would perhaps be the best way to describe Royal Troon, which hosted
the 1997 Open Championship. When the wind blows on the Old Course strange
things can happen on these classic undulating links, which is full of bumps
and hollows and rated amongst the world’s best. It hosted the Open
Championship five times between 1923 and 1989 – and every time there was
high drama. Currently home to the longest hole in Open Championship golf and
the infamous "Postage Stamp". The prevailing wind at Royal Troon can make
the back nine a real test of links golf. |
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Royal Troon - Portland Course
Although it resembles moorland course it, conceals the
challenges of the links.
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Kilmarnock Barassie Golf Club:
Established in 1887, this relatively flat seaside course has great turf and small, fast greens and is more challenging than it might appear. The main course which incorporates nine of the original holes and the nine new holes is the Barassie Links and offers one of the most challenging links layout in Scotland. The challenge is best expressed perhaps by the Par 72 and the Standard Scratch of 74. Barassie Links measures in at 6817 off the medal tees and continues to cause the player a continuing challenge.
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St. Andrews - Old Course:
It would seem every golfer dreams of playing St.Andrews, "The Home of Golf"'.
St Andrews Links is recognised the world over as mecca of golfing.
St. Andrews has been the venue for the Open Championship 26 times.
Every year, thousands of golfers from all around the world come to
play the Old Course. The Old Course has hosted some of the greatest golfers
in the world. It has witnessed many of golf's greatest and most dramatic moments.
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