Legendary hyperlinks to welcome again golfers from June 1
Trump Turnberry’s iconic Ailsa course, a everlasting fixture on the prime of worldwide golf course rankings, will reopen on June 1 following an eagerly anticipated refurbishment.
One of many world’s nice hyperlinks programs has been closed since final October when acclaimed architect Martin Ebert – who famously took the course to new heights when he first reimagined it in 2015 – returned to the Ayrshire coast as soon as once more to guide a £1m renovation.
The Ailsa will reopen on June 1 for members, native residents and pre-booked rounds with new bookings from July 1 obtainable on-line.
Headlining the most recent modifications are the seventh and eighth holes, which are available in a key stretch on the entrance 9 culminating within the spectacular par-3 ninth gap, some of the photographed holes in golf within the shadow of the well-known Turnberry Lighthouse.
The placing floor of the par-5 seventh has been relocated from its previous place some 50 yards inland to a brand new website immediately on the rugged shoreline, creating some of the dramatic greens within the British Isles.
In the meantime, the eighth gap – a par 4 – has benefitted from new tee containers that straighten the golf green and eradicate the previous blind method shot, elevating the opening’s visible attraction. A bunker on the appropriate of the previous fairway has been changed with a brand new sand entice on the left to higher swimsuit the brand new alignment.
Ebert stated: “On the brand new seventh gap, we needed to benefit from Turnberry’s beautiful location by shifting the inexperienced proper to the coastal edge. There aren’t many hyperlinks programs the place you’ve gotten greens proper on the cliff edge – in order that could be very particular in its personal proper.
“For gap eight, it made a number of sense to maneuver the tees over to the appropriate and produce a significantly better gap. The tee shot might be far improved with the brand new alignment, making the opening visually beautiful out of your first shot to your final.”
To accompany the numerous modifications on these holes, different notable enhancements have been made together with new banking behind the twelfth and fifteenth greens, modifications to the thirteenth gap and tee field updates at holes 14 and 17.
Nic Oldham, Common Supervisor at Trump Turnberry, added: “We, along with the proprietor, are all the time on the lookout for methods to raise the complete providing at Trump Turnberry. This contains the Ailsa and there’s no one higher than Martin Ebert in terms of taking this course to a brand new stage.
“We look ahead to welcoming friends again to expertise the very best ever iteration of this historic course, together with the seventh gap – which now boasts some of the picturesque and thrilling greens within the UK – and a much-improved new alignment for the eighth.”
The Ailsa is a four-time host of The Open – in 1977, 1986, 1994 and 2009 – the primary of which resulted within the well-known ‘Duel within the Solar’ between Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus.
In addition to masterminding the refurbishment that elevated the Ailsa to even higher acclaim a decade in the past, Ebert is answerable for the design of the King Robert the Bruce, Turnberry’s different championship structure which joined its extra well-known associate within the Gold Digest World’s Best 100 Programs rating for the primary time this yr. Each programs are complemented by the Arran, ‘Wee Hyperlinks’ pitch-and-putt and a state-of-the-art Golf Academy.
The Golf Academy at Trump Turnberry has additionally undergone its personal renovations with the opening this month of a state-of-the-art Trackman 11-bay vary and leading edge Trackman Simulator alongside a brand new Academy Café.
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Press launch written and distributed by The Azalea Group.
Contact Roddy Williams on roddy@theazaleagroup.com.
About Trump Turnberry, Scotland
Situated on the enchanting Ayrshire coast, with greater than 117 years of heritage and historical past, Trump Turnberry is an iconic vacation spot recognized all through the world. A particular landmark on the shoreline, Trump Turnberry gives far-reaching views throughout among the world’s most well-known fairways.
Steeped in historical past, the encircling space gives a lot to discover – from castles to distilleries, from seashores to the birthplace of Robert Burns. All of this lies only one hour from Glasgow Worldwide Airport and two hours from Scotland’s capital, Edinburgh.
House to a few distinctive golf courses, Trump Turnberry is synonymous with this nice sport. An Open Championship venue 4 occasions over, the Championship Ailsa course has been redesigned and remodeled into an much more spectacular and exquisite problem, alongside the magnificent Championship King Robert the Bruce course and the nine-hole Arran course.
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