Turnberry Hotel
Turnberry, Ayrshire KA26 9LT
Tel : +44 (0)1655 331 000 Fax : +44 (0)1655 331 000

A place where untamed countryside and unspoilt coastline sit side by side, where Robert the Bruce once ruled. Turnberry delivers the warmth of a superb country house hotel, famous links courses, excellent country pursuits, a world-class spa and hours simply relaxing.

Opened by HRH The Duke of York on 1993, The Clubhouse offers a range of opportunities including: A comprehensively stocked Golf Professional Shop, Dining Room, Private dining rooms and changing facilities for golfers. Turnberry offers the novice golfer a way of learning the fundamentals while enjoying all the facilities of a famous golf hotel. The hotel also has a health spa and conference centre.

The Ailsa and Arran courses at Turnberry were rescued from near extinction and redesigned by golf architect Mackenzie Ross in the 1950's. Since then the hotel has hosted many amateur and professional championships, culminating in its first Open championship in 1977.

Turnberry has never looked back, Watson in 1977, Greg Norman in 1986 and Nick Price in 1994... all testimony to Turnberry's greatness. Today the Ailsa course is regularly ranked among the top 20 courses in the world whilst the Arran is rated by some to be an even sterner challenge.

Directions
Turnberry is situated on the west coast of Scotland less than an hours drive from Glasgow Airport or 30 minutes from Prestwick Airport. 15 miles south of Troon.

Further Information
For more information on Turnberry Hotel see www.tu rnberry.co.uk

Course Details

Course Name: Ailsa Holes: 18 Yardage: 6976 SSS: 72

More perfectly manicured than most Scottish courses, both the Ailsa and Arran courses offer very challenging links golf, with a premium on accurate tee and iron shots. Holes four through eleven on the Ailsa course, which play along the sea, are as beautiful and demanding a stretch of golf as any in the world. The ninth and the sixteenth at Ailsa are very tough par fours. The ninth tee is placed on a rocky promontory above the firth and is backed by the much photographed Turnberry lighthouse. The tee shot must find a narrow fairway for a long approach to the green. A long iron or a fairway wood is the best play an the sixteenth, since accuracy is much more important than distance an this 409-yard hole, though the second shot must carry the Wee Burn, which is wee in name only. For an appreciation and independent view of this course please see golfer reviews. press here for Turnberry Hotel course reviews

Course Name: Arran Holes: 18 Yardage: 6014 SSS: 69

Ailsa gets all the fame, but the Arran course presents its own special demands and, though shorter, can be just as much a test if the wind is up. press here for Turnberry Hotel course reviews