The Scottish Ayrshire coast is a Mecca for great links golf.
Fine golf can be found in west Scotland at: Turnberry *(T); Prestwick *(P); Royal Troon *(RT); Western Gailes *(WG) and Southerness (SN) on Solway and all have high “joy to be alive” factors, as does Machrihanish *(Mh) on Kintyre and the new Dundonald Links (Dund) which used to be called Southern Gailes. The Troon Municipals (TM) are also fine.
Glasgow Gailes (GG) and Powfoot *(Pow) by the Solway shore have some heathland characteristics and are smaller fine courses.
Still to be played are the links of Irvine (I); Kilmarnoch Borassie (KB); West Kilbride (WK) and Prestwick St Nicholas (PSN) all on the Ayrshire coast; the 12 hole Shiskine (Shis) on Arran; Machrie (M) on Islay, the newly built but traditional style, Machrihanish Dunes (MhD) and the moorland Lanark (Lan). I suspect there are fine courses among them.
*featured in Frank Pennink’s 1962 “Golfer’s Companion”
