Detailed informantion about the Bomber links

The golf itself is majestic. Both the Ailsa Course, used for the Open, and the neighbouring Arran are stiff tests. A host of elevated tees guides you to narrow fairways flanked by wild, thick rough and gorse. Deep bunkers and tricky greens mean you have to play with thought and use the full range of iron shots to work your way round.

Although the first holes were laid down in 1903 for a private course owned by the Marquess of Ailsa, the course was extensively remodelled after World War 2. Some fairways had been bulldozed level, with concrete runways laid for RAF planes in both World Wars. Golf at Turnberry was almost abandoned - only the efforts of hotel chairman Frank Hole saved the course from extinction.

Course architect Mackenzie Ross had the unusual task of making what had once been natural linksland look natural again.  In 1951, after two years of intensive work, Turnberry was reopened. The course created by Mackenzie Ross has no gimmicks and is fair to all departments of the game.

After some relatively gentle sparring on the first three Ailsa holes, there is no let up. You set off to shadow the rocky shoreline until the 12th. From there you turn for home and some crafty finishing holes.