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Length & Par: Par
71, 6,544 yards.
Open & Playable Year Round
Visitors Welcome daily with these restrictions:
Saturdays:
11-11:30AM & late afternoon tee times only available for visitors.
Sundays & Holidays:
limited
tee times available for visitors.
Thursdays:
morning
& 3:30-4PM tee times available
for visitors.
Greens Fees:
AprilOctober: £120/round MoFr, £175/day MoFr; £145/round Su.
NovemberMarch:
£85 per round MoFr; £110 per day.
Facilities:
Club Rental:
Clubs available at £40.
Motorized Carts:
NO.
Pull Cart (Trolley) Rental: £5/manual,
£15/electric.
Caddies: £40/round plus tip.
Restaurant Facilities: Cost of lunch is not included
in Green Fee.
Summer: Full lunch
available in Dining Room (gentlemen only).
TuFr 12:30-2:30PM. Jacket and tie mandatory.
Snack lunch available in Cardinal Room (ladies and
gentlemen).
SuFr from 10AM-3:45PM. Golf attire may be worn.
Winter: Dining Room is closed.
Cardinal Room open
TuFr & Su 10AM2:30PM.
Location: Two Links Road, Prestwick, Ayrshire.
1 mile south of Glasgow's
Prestwick Airport, adjacent to Prestwick train station.
Directions: Take A77 from Glasgow. Follow Prestwick Airport signs.
Pass
Airport (straight through at small roundabout.
Take third exit at main roundabout.
Turn
right at traffic lights 800 yards after roundabout.
Club is 400 yards down road on right
hand side.
Bookings: Tel: +44 (0)1292 671020; Fax:
+44 (0)1292 477255;
e-mail:
bookings@prestwickgc.co.uk
OR reserve a round through
HOME
AT FIRST as part of your
holiday in Scotland!
Deposits & Payments: £50 per player to confirm
reservation which is non-refundable except in cases of ill health. The balance to be paid
one month prior to day of play. Credit cards (except AMEX & Diners Club) accepted.
Minimum Handicap Required: Men-24; Ladies-28
Nearest Home at First lodgings:
Glasgow-
50 min.
north
Central Highlands-
2.5 hours north
Edinburgh- 2 hours
northeast
Borders- 2 hours east
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THE COURSE:
Prestwick is one of several well-known courses along the Ayrshire Coast of southwestern
Scotland, not far southwest of Glasgow. Its close neighbors include two famed courses from
the current British Open rotation:
Royal Troon and Turnberry
(Ailsa). Designed by Old Tom Morris in 1851, Prestwick is known for its undulating
fairways and greens, challenging tee shots, and difficult natural rough. Technically an
inland course, rather than a links, Prestwick is laid out along the course of a meandering
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creek, Pox Burn, with fourteen holes wedged between the creek and the parallel seashore.
Its greens fees, at about £120 per
round, are high compared to some of its lesser-known neighbors
like
BARASSIE
or
GLASGOW GAILES, but lower than Troon or
Turnberry. And, being open to the public makes Prestwick much more accessible than Troon,
where visitors play only as invited guests of members, or Turnberry, where course access
is restricted to those staying at the expensive Turnberry resort hotel. Like many Scottish
courses, blind shots, narrow fairways, and tricky coastal weather conditions make the
hiring of a course caddy a wise investment.
Prestwick, like all the great shrines of
Scottish golf, becomes very busy each year the British Open is held in Scotland. The first
British Open was played at Prestwick in 1860. It was on the British Open rotation until
1925, and hosted the Open fully 24 times. Once the Open began to draw large crowds,
Prestwick was deemed too confining a course and was withdrawn from participation in the
Open. However, Prestwick still maintains its long and honorable association with the
British Amateur championship, and hosted its 11th Amateur (in the last 113 years) in 2001.
Please note, visitor
tee times are available at most times Mondays through Fridays, but not Thursday afternoons,
and available at restricted times on weekends and holidays. Prestwick does offer lunch in its
dining room Tuesdays through Fridays between 12:30-2:30PM. This service is restricted to
"gentlemen only", who are required to wear jacket and tie. Alternatively, a
daily snack lunch is available to men and women in the course's Cardinal Room each weekday
from 10AM-3:30PM. Course attire is acceptable in the Cardinal Room.
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COURSE HISTORY: Prestwick's history is wild and wooly and
has contributed much to the legendary lore of 19th century golf in Scotland, when three
courses,
St. Andrews,
Muirfield, and
Prestwick were the great venues of the golfing world. Old Tom Morris was lured across
Scotland from St. Andrews in 1851 to become its designer, greens keeper, and equipment
maker. Before he returned to St. Andrews in 1864, Old Tom collected 3 Open victories at
Prestwick. His son, Tom Morris, Jr., won several Opens here as well, and set the all-time
low score on the original 12-hole course.
Many Prestwick landmarks have taken on
names keeping alive old legends: bunkers named after famous, and tragic losses (the
Cardinal's Nob; Willie Campbell's Grave), the Elysian Fields fairways, the Zareba Hollow,
and the Hartz Mountains all recall famous rounds at Prestwick from the mists of at least a
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OLD TOM MORRIS, 3-TIME BRITISH
OPEN CHAMPION AND COURSE
DESIGNER AT PRESTWICK |
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Golfers looking to get a feel for the rich
history of golf in Scotland often overlook Prestwick. The course remains challenging, and
its history and legend virtually unrivaled. Golfers should be very pleased that Prestwick
remains so accessible, and so little changed for over 100 years.
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