Westin Turnberry Resort – Ailsa

Ailsa Turnberry golf course is the most famous championship course, and it is also considered Scottish Pebble Beach. At the right side of the course is Irish Sea. As a seaside links course, the scenery of Ailsa course is beautiful, the rock like stars around the sea is also unique golf course scenery. Meanwhile, the fourth and 11th holes golf course is close to the beach, this is the most challenging golf course and view of the hole, of course, the wind is the biggest challenge.
Turnberry Golf Club was founded in 1902, and Ailsa is the third championship course. With the Turnberry Hotel opened in recent years and convenient Metro near this golf course, more fans from around the world reserve this place.
Turnberry golf course can be called a classic textbook golf course. It once had a role as the Air Force during World War II and some fairways and holes were nearly changed. At last they had been preserved at the efforts of golf course owner, while the course retained some of the classic landscape to the present, but court was able to re-open in 1951.
This golf course is a great works of Mackenzie. High investment and high return, in 1977, Alisa golf course has hosted three Open and British Open in 1977, between Jack Nicklaus and Watson become a classic battle scenes. Watson shot a 65 the final score; one leading Nicklaus won the championship
In the 1986 Open, Jaws Norman created miracle again. In the second round of the competition winds raged, and Norman finished the front nine, 32, entered the back nine, he used to be 29 18-hole performance, but suffered a three-putt the 18th hole, the final score of 63 bar, however, this is the best in Open history, one single round score, but when he is 5-shot victory.