Trump Turnberry Resort (Ailsa)
Trump Turnberry Resort (Ailsa) · Ayrshire & Arran, Girvan
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Experience one of Scotland's most dramatically renovated championship links, where Martin Ebert's 2015-16 transformation created five completely new holes along the coastal edge. Further £1 million refinements in May 2025 elevated multiple holes, including the spectacular clifftop 7th green and reshaped 8th, completing a bold, beautiful and unforgettable championship test.
Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa, conceived Turnberry after the 1899 announcement of the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway. He owned 71 hectares of agriculturally unsuitable land at Turnberry Green and recognised the new railway would deliver golfers to a quality links.
Willie Fernie designed 13 holes opening on 6th July 1901, with the architect James Miller's Station Hotel opening on 17th May 1906, featuring then-revolutionary electric lighting and running water.
The First World War saw the dunes levelled for airstrips and military facilities. In 1938, Cecil Hutchison redesigned the Ailsa, creating the foundational routing that endures today.
The Second World War brought more extensive damage when the Royal Air Force established a flying school, with the resort serving as a military hospital. Up to 200 personnel perished at the base during wartime operations.
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