Golf and Incentive Travel

Founded in 1851, Prestwick Golf Club will forever be remembered as the birthplace of the Open Championship. In total, Prestwick has hosted the Open Championship on 24 occasions, the last time in 1926, after which the crowds were deemed too large for the venue.

Protected by the meandering waters of "Pow Burn", Prestwick boasts a unique array of holes with significant amounts of heather and gorse, which when combined with some typically hellish Scottish bunkers can often ruin an otherwise respectable score. Prestwick's fairways are mostly narrow and its generally small and undulating greens, given certain pin placements, can make for some interesting approach shots. And while Prestwick can be forgiving on calm days, when the wind rolls in from the Firth of Clyde, the golfer would be well advised to revise their aspirations to a low score.