Golf Courses
Ayr Courses
Belleisle
Belleisle Park, Doonfoot Road, Ayr KA7 4DU
Booking/Enquiries:
Starters Office Tel: 01292 441258 Fax: 01292 442632
Professional Tel: 01292 441314
Medal Tees Men 6431 yards SSS 72
Medal Tees Ladies 5642 yards SSS 74
This James Braid designed course is recognised as one of the finest public courses in the UK. The rolling parkland fairways and mature trees make a bonnie setting for golf. A true test to golfers, probably one of the reasons it is such a firm favourite with golfing tourists from around the world.
Seafield
Medal Tees Men 5481 yards SSS 67
Medal Tees Ladies 5019 yards SSS 69
Seafield lies alongside Belleisle, tighter fairways and smaller greens reward accuracy on this fine course.
Dalmilling
Westwood Avenue, Ayr KA8 0QY
Booking/Enquiries:
Professional Shop Tel: 01292 263893 Fax: 01292 610543
Medal Tees Men 5686 yards SSS 67
Medal Tees Ladies 5126 yards SSS 70
An "Open and Honest" parkland course where the River Ayr and its tributary burns add interest to the early holes.
Troon Courses
The three courses of Lochgreen, Darley and Fullarton play alongside Royal Troon, Portland, Portland and Barassie to form a group of six courses that totally surround this famous golfing town.
Address: Harling Drive, Troon KA10 6NE
Booking/Enquiries:
Starters Office Tel: 01292 312464 Fax: 01292 312578
Professional Tel: 01292 315566
Bunker Restaurant Tel: 01292 311138
Lochgreen
Medal Tees Men 6822 yards SSS 73
Medal Tees Ladies 6069 yards SSS 75
Lochgreen is the longest of our eight golf courses. A young Jack Nicklaus scored 78-66 here to qualify by one shot for the 1962 Open.
Darley
Medal Tees Men 6360 yards SSS 72
Medal Tees Ladies 5714 yards SSS 73
Darley is classic uplands links of gorse and heather, much tighter than Lochgreen and not for the faint hearted.
Fullarton
Medal Tees Men 6822 yards SSS 73
Medal Tees Ladies 5126 yards SSS 70
Fullarton makes up for it lack of length with tight fairways and well bunkered greens. A good course to learn golf skills.
Girvan
Golf Course Road, Girvan KA26 9HW
Booking/Enquiries:
Starters Office Tel:01465 714346 Fax: 01465 714346
Catering Tel: 01465 714272
Medal Tees Men 5064 yards SSS 64
Medal Tees Ladies 4738 yards SSS 67
Another James Braid design, Girvan is certainly shorter than its near neighbour Turnberry. The first eight holes are classic links played along the shores of the Firth of Clyde with Ailsa Craig as a backdrop.
Irvine
Irvine Bogside Golf Club
Address: Bogside, Irvine KA12 8SN
Booking/Enquiries:
Secretary Tel: 01294 275979
Professional Tel: 01294 275979
An 18 hole traditional links course established over 100 years ago, Irvine Bogside provides a challenge to all with its subtle changes in direction and no two holes the same.
Home to many championships over the years, the course has been a Final Open Championship Qualifying Course since 1989 and owes much of its present day character to the design work of James Braid in 1926.
The course demands accurate shot-making, after all, it has produced three Scottish Amateur Champions in Hammy McInally, Jimmy Walker and Jack Cannon who honed their skills here at Bogside.
The links fairways, built on sand, are divided by gorse and heather. Every hole has its own identity and the greens are fast and true. The neighbouring Gulf Stream ensures year round golf of the highest quality whilst the peaks of Arran produce a natural backdrop to complement the birdlife of the River Irvine and the Bogside Flats where wildlife abounds.
There is not a better test of golf than this par 71, SSS 73.
