The west coast and islands combine iconic championship links with some of Scotland’s most spectacular scenery, from Turnberry and Royal Troon to remote island courses shaped by rugged coastlines, all courses in this region boast breathtaking sea views.
Below you will find our recommended Top 10 courses to play in West & Islands of Scotland. Click on each club for further details.
Golf at Turnberry began in 1901 when the Marquess of Ailsa commissioned Open Champion Willie Fernie to design a course on the Ayrshire coastline. Both World Wars had a major impact on the land, with the property being used as an airfield. In 1951 Philip Mackenzie Ross rebuilt the links course and...
Ardfin is one of Scotland’s newest high-profile golf courses, situated on the southern coast of the Isle of Jura. Australian architect Bob Harrison began work on the project in 2011 after being approached by estate owner Greg Coffey, and the final course was completed in 2017 after six year...
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Prestwick Golf Club was founded in 1851 with Old Tom Morris being recruited from St Andrews to design the original twelve-hole course. The layout was later extended to eighteen holes in 1882. Prestwick also hosted the very first Open Championship in 1860 with eight professional golfers competing ...
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Machrihanish Golf Club was founded in 1876 under the original name of the Kintyre Club. The first course contained ten holes before Prestwick professional Charles Hunter extended the layout to twelve. Old Tom Morris was then invited to redesign the course in 1879, extending it to eighteen holes a...
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Royal Troon Golf Club was founded in 1878, initially beginning with only a small number of holes on rough coastal land. The course expanded to twelve holes by 1883 before reaching eighteen a few years later. James Braid made significant renovations to the course in 1922 lengthening the layout and...
The course was established in 1897 by the club's first Keeper of the Green, Fred Morris who extended the layout to 18 holes shortly after. While the core layout remains largely authentic to its origins, golf architect Fred Hawtree made major modifications in the mid-1970s. The course occupies a ...
The Machrie on the Isle of Islay was founded in 1891 when Scottish professional Willie Campbell was invited to design a course overlooking Laggan Bay. The course was later extensively redesigned by former Ryder Cup player DJ Russell between 2013 and 2018, bringing the historic layout up to modern...
Originally known as Southern Gailes, the course was formed back in 1911 when Open Champion Willie Fernie designed the layout measuring around 6,700 yards, which was one of the longest courses in the country at the time. The site was badly affected by both World Wars and eventually fell out of reg...
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Glasgow Golf Club was founded in 1787, making it the 10th oldest golf club in the world. As its city courses became increasingly crowded, the club established a separate links course on the Ayrshire coast at Gailes, which officially opened in 1892. Willie Fernie later altered the early layout bef...
Kilmarnock Golf Club was founded in 1887, with the original members first playing on a nine-hole course at Holmes Farm in Kilmarnock. In 1894 the club secured land at Barassie on the outskirts of Troon right next to the railway, and moved to its current home.Additional land was acquired during th...
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