Welcome to Scotland's West Coast Golf Links
It was October 17, 1860 when The Open first came to Prestwick on Scotland's links-fringed west coast. In fact, this was the inaugural Open Championship, the first to be held anywhere in the world.
The 12-hole course at Prestwick, laid out by Old Tom Morris in the 1850s, saw the instigation of this great event and hosted it for the following twelve years. The line up of players gracing the links at Prestwick through these years and on into the 1920s reads like the "Who’s Who" of golf’s early days: Willie Park, the two Tom Morris’s, Willie Auchterlonie, Harry Vardon and James Braid, to name but a few. What began as a simple competition among eight of Scotland’s leading players became the greatest golf event in the world - and Ayrshire has been at the heart of that history throughout.
Scotland’s West Coast Golf Links is built on that history, celebrating the past but with an eye clearly on the future. Ayrshire offers the visiting golfer perhaps the finest collection of links golf courses in the world and with it come easy access, quality accommodation, fine dining and a history and heritage to match.
From the first tee at Irvine Bogside to the eighteenth on The Ailsa Course is a journey of only 30 miles or 50 kilometres, but to travel it playing any or all of Scotland’s West Coast Golf Links will ensure that it’s a journey that will last long in the memory.
Tom Watson was winner of two Opens and a British Seniors in Ayrshire - like him you can discover that this is truly what Scottish golf is about; to play is to understand why Scotland is The Home of Golf.
We look forward to welcoming you to our Links.
Affiliate Scheme Launched
Scotland's West Coast Golf Links have launched a scheme to involve all those working in the golf tourism industry in and to Ayrshire. For more information
