Kilmarnock Barassie
A 27-hole traditional links course founded
in 1887, and wrapped up with gorse, heather
and pine trees. It’s a stunning combination of
colours, enhanced by paths of crushed seashells
that lead you ever onwards to crisp, tight fairways and sleek
greens. The course is enclosed between two railway lines but it
remains a seaside links with the winds ever-present. There are
plenty of hollows, bumps, testing pot hole bunkers and a variety
of burns, ditches and streaks of deep gorse. In places it feels
quite wild… with the newest nine holes possessing the strongest
links traits, which is not surprising since they nestle up against
both Western Gailes and Dundonald Links. The club embraces
visitors from around the world and when you play here you will
join the likes of Jose Maria Olazabal, the Molinari brothers, and
Graeme McDowell in doing so. Investigate the club’s Walker Cup
contributions in the clubhouse.
www.kbgc.co.uk
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