Region:
West
Town:
Irvine
Weekday green fee*:
£110.00
Holes:
18
Length / Par:
6903 yards / 71
Type:
Links

* Fees are peak season, full fee for one round.

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Gailes Links

Gailes is a traditional, classic links on the west coast of Scotland – in an area full of links golf. The golf course is renowned for the extensive gorse and heather that line the fairways as well as quality greens. Keeping the ball in the middle of the fairway is crucial here. The current course layout, other than for some additional length, is as envisaged by Willie Park Jnr when he re-designed the layout in 1912.

Fairways are undulating but overall the course is relatively flat. Don't be lulled into thinking this is an easy option from the lack of height. Links courses are full of humps and bumps that affect your shots. Gailes has a reputation as a testing golf course and has hosted a wide variety of amateur and professional tournaments including the Scottish PGA Championship.

Sandy Lyle has described Gailes Links as "one of the world's truly great tests of links golf". Following a change by the R&A in Open Qualifying, for 4 years from 2014 Gailes is a final qualifying venue for the Open Championship – the only course in Scotland to be included. It had regularly featured as a Final Qualifying course when the Open was held at either Royal Troon or Turnberry.

Gailes Links was previously known as Glasgow Gailes – having started life in 1892 as the coastal course of Glasgow Golf Club, the 9th oldest golf club in the world, when its Glasgow venue of Alexandra Park was becoming too crowded. The links quickly became so popular with golfers that the club negotiated for its own railway station on the Glasgow to Ayr line – the station was opened in 1894.

Address:
Gailes Links Golf Course
Gailes Road
Irvine
Ayrshire
KA11 5AE
What 3 Words:
///eagles.idea.online
Telephone:
0141 942 2011
Pro shop:
01294 311561
Email:
professional@gaileslinks.co.uk
Costs (2022):
Weekday round: £110.00
Weekday day ticket: £170.00
Weekend round: £110.00
Weekend day ticket: £170.00
Restrictions:
Handicap certificate required: No
Buggy hire:
Yes
Driving range:
No
Course rating:
72.5
Slope rating:
131
Golf pass:

The Gailes Golf Experience is a 3 course package for Western Gailes, Gailes Links and Dundonald which can offer savings on the green fees if you play all 3 links.

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