Breakfast at the Ugadale Hotel, then off to the Machrihanish Dunes course. Machrihanish Dunes is a modern ‘links style course’ sitting on Machrihanish Bay (the Atlantic). The course was built…
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Talamore, 1991, Rees Jones
Tobacco Road, 1998, Mike Strantz
Bayonet at Puppy Creek, 1995, Willard Byrd
Pine Needles, 1927, Donald Ross
Today is a travel day (no golf – gasp!). We’re moving from the island of Arran to the Kintyre peninsula by ferry. It’s about a 40-minute drive from our lodging…
Big day today! We played at the legendary Shiskine course on Arran. Shiskine was founded in 1896 and is a short walk from our hotel in Blackwaterfoot. It’s a true…
An early round was scheduled for the day a short ride from Troon at the Western Gailes club in Gailes. The club sits on the Ayrshire coast, just across the…
We had a great start to the day with a full Scottish breakfast at the Piersland: eggs, sausage, bacon (really ham – you’d think they’d know), toast, grilled tomatoes, baked…
Don’t try this at home folks! Good fun in the Dundonald bunkers. The technique is a wee bit better on the 2nd vid!
When our trip was originally laid out in 2019, we booked the Prestwick ‘Experience’ which includes a round of golf and access to the club’s member area. The member area serves…
After an early breakfast at Piersland we headed off on a short taxi ride to Prestwick Golf Course just down the road in the village of Prestwick. Historic Prestwick dates…
Scotland at last! After a red-eye flight from Arkansas, through O’Hare to Edinburgh for Kevin and a similar overnighter for Bill, Don & Dick via Detroit & Amsterdam to Glasgow…
This thing might finally happen! In March of 2019, planning started for this golfing holiday. The original dates of play were to be the 2nd half of August, 2020. Cancelled…
