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Focus on Scotland:The Royal and Ancient GC announced that the 2009 Open Championship will be played on the Ailsa Course at the Westin Turnberry Resort from 16–19 July, the fourth time it has hosted the event since it was added to the championship rota. In 1977, it was the venue for the famous ‘Duel in the Sun’ between Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus. The Open returned again in 1986, when Greg Norman was victorious, and 1994 when Nick Price snatched victory over the last few holes, memorably holing an outrageous putt on the 17th.Since then the demands of the Championship have substantially increased, and while Turnberry could adequately cater in terms of space, there were major transport issues to overcome before the event could return. A new stretch of motorway between Glasgow and Kilmarnock has cut driving times and made any trip to Troon, Prestwick or Turnberry considerably easier. Essential changes and improvements have also been taking place on the Ailsa Course this winter. Of all the Championship venues, the Ailsa course has probably had the least-punitive bunkering. New bunkers and several new tees are being added and existing bunkers renovated. These changes will be completed for this year’s Senior British Open Championship, which takes place from 27-30 July. The Senior’s event is now officially recognized by the R & A GC, the Champions Tour, and the European Seniors Tour as one of the five senior ‘Majors’. Muirfield (or the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers) will play host in 2007. Nick Faldo, who won the 1987 and 1992 British Opens at the course, will turn 50 just before the championship next year and be eligible to enter, as will Seve Ballesteros. Royal Aberdeen was an extremely successful venue for the 2005 event, attracting many favorable comments from the top players, and was won by Tom Watson. Still focusing on the west coast, we received positive feedback last year from clients who played the Dundonald course (formerly known as Southern Gailes). A new Scottish course designed by Kyle Phillips, the architect behind the much-admired Kingsbarns. It was acquired by the exclusive Loch Lomond Golf Club, but is available again in 2006 for play by non-members, and has been talked about as a possible future venue for the Scottish Open. The course offers some typical links bunkering, gorse, undulating fairways, rolling greens, and a burn (stream) in play on 11 holes. Situated beside Western Gailes and Kilmarnock (Barassie), its style has more in common with Carnoustie than, for example, the Ailsa Course at Turnberry; being near the coast but without views of the sea. Prestwick, Royal Troon, and Glasgow Gailes are also only a short drive away. St Andrews Links Trust, the organization that runs the town’s public courses, is creating a new 18-hole course to join its existing portfolio of six courses. It will be a ‘pay as you play’ course, open all year round and is hoped to be ready by 2007/2008. A wet spring in 2005 delayed early work on the layout, but fairways have now been shaped and seeded and are making progress. The Trust had actively sought to secure land for the building of a seventh course for some time, citing the pressure of increased play over the past few years on the existing facilities – from both local golfers who live in or near the town and from visitors. This new course lies two miles east from St Andrews, overlooks the sea and already affords some spectacular photo opportunities. The chosen designer, Scotsman David McLay Kidd, also created Bandon Dunes in Oregon, and was responsible for Queenswood near London and other courses in Hawaii, Ireland, Mallorca, and Nepal. Each hole will have a choice of five tees stretching its length from 5300-7200 yards. When completed it will be the 6th seaside layout in a nine-mile stretch between St Andrews and Crail – the others being the two courses at the St Andrews Bay Resort, Kingsbarns, and Crail (Balcomie and Craighead Links). Next Page - Click Here |
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