Turnberry, a 5 star resort nestled higher up at the blue shores of Ayrshire, Scotland. The resort offers state-of-the-art spa treatments and golfing experience, lavish lodges, sumptuous grubs, electrifying avocations and some lasting memories.
The resort has three golf courses viz.
- The Ailsa Course
- The Kintyre Course
- The Arran Course
The Ailsa Course
- The Ailsa course, also known by the name ’Scotland’s Pebble beach’, holds the third rank in the list of world’s100 best golf courses.
- Adjoining the coastline of the Irish sea, the glorious 6440 yards course has the honour of holding the open championship thrice. 2009 British open championship will also take place on the turnberry ailsa course.
- Be prepared for a letup off the fore tees at the first three holes.
- The 5th hole, also referred by the name ‘Fin Me Oot,’ is quite sought after, thanks to the three pot bunkers and narrow entrée. ‘Tappie Toorie, or the 6th hole offers the foremost coup d’oeil of the lighthouse.
- As the tract entwines through the watery borders and dunes some of the bizarre bunkers welcome you.
- The ninth hole, ‘Bruce’s Castle’ is especially illustrious for the fabled lighthouse.
- The sizeable rock sitting 11 miles above the sea, seaside golf course holes (4th to 11th), rugged stretches marked by scenic dunes pose challenge and thrill. The 12th links screen a golfer’s spunk with the kind of elevated greens it has. The celebrated statue immortalizing the soldiers has to the name ‘the monument’.
- The 16th hole holds substantial potent to faze the golfer and hold his scores tight with the kind of steep banks it contains.
- A straight though long methodology is needed to get some favouring shots at the 17th hole.
The Kintyre Course
Designed by Donald Steel, the Kintyre Course includes parts of the Bains Hill and former Arran course. There are 18 holes in all in the grand course. Out of the eighteen holes, the 9th one is considered as the signature hole on the course.
The Arran Course
The Scottish furrowed acres spread on the exciting greens of the Arran course taken to be at an equivalent level of the renowned Ailsa Course. The nine holes provide varying golfing opportunities for both an amateur player and a dextrous player.
Besides, the three courses, there’s a golf practice and teaching academy too. The Colin Montgomerie Links Golf Academy has developed amenities and teaching techniques.
