Golf and Incentive Travel

While the worldwide recognition commanded by Turnberry is due mostly to the Ailsa course, it should not be forgotten that the Kintyre course is also a fine test of golf. Building on the challenges laid down by the famous old Aisla course, the Kintyre Course is links golf at its exhilarating best. Undulating greens, glorious fairways, and magnificent ocean holes all with stunning views of Kintyre, Arran, and the famous Turnberry Lighthouse make this a special course indeed.

The extra elevation multiplies the panorama that stretches in every direction, but the shots, too, are breathtaking. These range from a delicate pitch in a rocky dell on the 8th to a thrilling second along the shoreline on the 9th.

Widely regarded as the Kintyre's signature hole, the 8th, involves a drive from an elevated tee towards the sea and an unforgettable blind second shot to the green set in a gully by the rocks. Unseen from the tee, hidden by a narrow ridge, the green is in a cove that seems to merge with the craggy beach beyond.