Trump Turnberry (King Robert the Bruce)
Trump Turnberry (Ailsa)
Few courses can boast such a setting, such space and such
luxury. The recent makeover of the Ailsa course (by Martin Ebert)
and the hotel has vaulted Turnberry back to golf’s top table.
Everything here is on a big scale and that sense follows you from
one hole to the next. It bristles with confidence and swaggers
from one hole to the next. The back-and-forth nature of the
opening holes might sound tame on paper, but you’ll quickly
appreciate how good they are as they slip down to the sea. Big
bearded bunkers ripple along fairways while their greenside
brethren favour the deep pothole variety, nestling under greens.
From the 5th the course opens up and one excellent hole follows
another as you head out and back to the famous lighthouse. The
new par threes (9 and 11) are outstanding.
Everything here is on a big
scale and that sense follows you
from one hole to the next.
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Trump Turnberry (King Robert
the Bruce)
The King Robert the Bruce may be regarded as the smaller sibling
of the mighty Ailsa alongside, but it is an impressive links in its own
right. Donald Steel redesigned the course in 2001, and he was able
to use additional land – Bain’s Hill – to add new holes. These create
drama and beauty in equal measure. Located at the farthest reaches
of the links on the coastline this is where the short par four 8th
drives from an elevated tee towards the sea and a green hidden in
a gully near the rocks. Change, however, is coming as Mackenzie
& Ebert are renovating the course and the holes around Bain’s Hill
will be reversed to make maximum use of the views to the sea.
Additional changes are being introduced elsewhere.
Located at the farthest reaches
of the links on the coastline
this is where the short par four
8th drives from an elevated tee
towards the sea and a green
hidden in a gully near the rocks.