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Trump Turnberry Resort Ailsa Course Review
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Trump Turnberry Resort Ailsa Course Review
The Ailsa Course is a favourite of many golfing aficionados; a supreme championship links in one of the finest settings in the UK&I.
One of the most recent newcomers to host The Open, its first was in 1977. This turned into one of the all-time classics, the Duel in the Sun. Tom Watson finally edged it, just one stroke ahead of Jack Nicklaus.
The par-3 4th. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)
Since then, it has hosted the tournament on three further occasions, so it was certainly a very bold move when it was decided to make substantial changes in a quest to make it better still.
Martin Ebert, still very much the architect of the day, was called back in. He had previously made some changes prior to the 2009 Open. This time, he was given far greater scope and resources. The result means that the course has moved on dramatically since its original post-WWII restoration by Philip Mackenzie Ross.
The par-5 7th (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)
Sea Changes
Without doubt the most significant and exciting changes were those around the turn. The first of these is the creation of a spectacular par 3, the 9th. This is now a maximum-length one-shotter, played over the cliffs and crags to a new green right by of the lighthouse.
Following a diversion for the customary halt-time tipple in golf’s most amazing halfway house, the back nine now begins with a glorious, snaking par 5. This involves another daunting carry over the rocks. If the wind is howling in from the left, you may well have to aim your drive out to sea! The hole works its…
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