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About

Holes 18
Type Private
Style Links
Par 71
Length 7208 yards
Slope N/A
Rating N/A

The Troon Golf Club sprung up way back in 1878 and quickly attracted golfers from all over to the Old Course, then the new golf course, of course, which still provides a real golf exam.

The Old Course at Royal Troon Golf Club ranks among Scotland's top links golf courses and provides real challenges with its winds and lush rough, its gorse and its broom, requiring straight and sure shooting.

Start strong on the Old Course at Royal Troon Golf Club because the back nine gets tough when you're golfing into the northwesterly winds.

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Course Details

Year Built 1878
Architect Willie Fernie (1888) James Braid (1923)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Caddies Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, Delta
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Jeans, tee-shirts, training or sports shoes and shorts are not permitted in the Clubhouse or on the Courses.

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

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4.9
8 Reviews (8)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Thick Rough 6
This course/club is great for:
A Bucket list/Top 100 Pick 6

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Reviews 638
Handicap 10-14
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An iconic test of golf

With two of the most famous links holes in the world - the Postage Stamp at no. 8 and the Railway at no. 11 - Royal Troon is definitely a bucket-list major championship venue. The routing gets criticized a bit, opening with several straightforward par 4s along the shore. But once you get past that early stretch everything gets more interesting and inspiring. Nothing's easy out here. The rough is tough and there's plenty of bunkers to avoid. The stately clubhouse is the perfect place for a post-round cocktail so you can relive your special day.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 143
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
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5.0
Golf Channel
First Time Playing
Wet weather
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Great Experience

Getting to play where my Grandfather played every week for 30 years was such a great experience. I see why he loved this course soo much and with all the rain and wind during the day I was pretty pleased shooting 73

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 310
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Top 10 Contributor
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Walked

Troon’s Opening and closing thirds get bad rap

Some players feel that Troon is, on balance, dull. The first six holes, essentially level, march straight out. The last six holes, also essentially level, march straight in. Some feel they are all too much alike, a sameness that verges on monotony.

Having played it, I think that is a bit short-sighted. True, the holes are relatively flat, but there is still the matter of driving your tee ball into the narrow fairways and avoiding the minefield of traps that dot each hole.

As for the middle six holes, most are in agreement that they possess originality, character and drama.

The greens at Troon, which I found to be on the small side, putt reliably and were a little quicker than other courses we played on the trip. Dramatic undulations are also uncommon. That’s why there are so many pot bunkers enveloping them. It is the course’s main defense.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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5.0
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Average weather
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Monday After The Open

I was lucky to have a 7:00 am tee time the day after Henrik Stenson won The Open in an epic duel with Phil Mickelson. I was anxious to not only play the course but walk in the footsteps of great winners at Troon. The experience did not dissapoint. This course offers a variety of holes. Yes, some are difficult as in holes 10 & 11 but there are holes you can score on. I can't say enough about the postage stamp par 3. It's refreshing to play a par 3 that is short but difficult. I missed my 15 foot birdie putt there. The clubhouse experience is not modern but why would you expect that at Royal Troon. This a great test of Scottish links that I would recommend if you have the opportunity.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Reviews 638
Handicap 5-9
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Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
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Royal Troon: Home to two of the world's best holes

Royal Troon doesn't get the love of other Open venues, but it does have this going for it: Two of the best holes in the world. Not just Scotland, the world.

The "Postage Stamp" - the par-3 eighth hole - plays less than 130 yards, but the target is so darn small that nobody swings with confidence. Everybody fears failure when they step onto the tee box.

The par-4 11th is even scarier. When I played Royal Troon in 2013, all I saw was gorse lining a narrow passage through a sea of yellow. The recent redesign leading up to this tournament was supposed to clear out some gorse, but I'm curious to see how much and how players will react to the changes.

The rest of the holes are solid, if somewhat unspectacular. The dunes aren't that high and the sea views aren't as stunning as they are at Trump Turnberry down the road. Even so, don't let that deter you from scheduling this classic on any golf trip to Ayrshire.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Reviews 30
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Walked

Bring your A game

For some reason people refuse to take caddies when visiting Scotland, and sometimes you can get away with it, but this is not the course to play for the first time without a caddy to guide you around. It's not just club selection, you can take a wrong turn and miss 6 holes in a heartbeat. The course is relatively flat and featureless so you can`t just assume you`ll find your way around. Hard bouncing fairways and nasty, well positioned pot bunkers make this a challenging course. The people with me didn't take a caddy and they had a lost look in their eyes after a few holes. One guy even teed up his ball facing the wrong direction. Wouldn`t believe it when my caddy pointed him towards the correct fairway. Didn`t have my best round of golf but you have to love playing a course you know has seen the greats of golf, people who have cursed that same perfectly place (and hidden) bunker. On the Postage Stamp, I hit a good shot, and my caddy said ``great shot`` like he really meant it. The shot disappeared over the mound, reappeared rolling towards the pin, hit the stick and rolled away to 5 ft. I then proceeded to 3 put! Gotta love links golf and this place is a prime example. Top 10 definitely.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Golf Advisor
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Walked

Beautiful, thick and unyielding native grasses anticipate a careless shot

Americans have a certain affinity for Royal Troon, if judged by their proficiency in Open Championships held there. The Open has been hosted by Royal Troon on eight occasions and won by Americans the last six times (Palmer, Weiskopf, Watson, Calcavecchia, Leonard and Hamilton). Traditional links are designed “out and back,” meaning that the farthest point from the clubhouse is the 9th green, then one battles their way “home.” Due to a predominantly northwesterly wind, never is that more true than at Troon. A manageable series of par 4 holes define your start. The par 3, 123 yard, 8th hole, known as the “postage stamp” is one of golf’s special joys (Gene Sarazen made an ace there in the 1973 Open at age 71, fifty-years after competing in Troon’s first Open in 1923). The back nine will test the resolve of even the most ardent as evidenced by the 490 yard, par 4, 11th hole where the railway on the right side of the hole awaits to derail your efforts. Beautiful, thick and unyielding native grasses anticipate a careless shot. In another interesting piece of trivia, Royal Troon, which was granted Royal patronage in 1978, is the first (and as yet, the only) course to be granted such under the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 109
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Golf Channel
Previously Played
Good weather
Walked

It's in the British Open rota...enough said

Royal Troon isn't known as one of the best courses on the British Open rota, but, to me, it's wildly underrated. It's solid.

For starters, I love the layout - 9 holes straight out, 9 holes straight back. I've played there twice now with a member friend and really have come to appreciate the character of the course.

Watch out for the Coffin Bunker on the par-3 eighth hole, which is called the Postage Stamp. If you find it, you'll be lucky to make 4. And, yes, since my last name is Coffin, I have a photo of me planted firmly in the middle of it.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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