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Golf courses near Delamford.

For keen golfers there is plenty of choice, with no fewer than 17 golf courses within around an hours drive from Delamford. Transport to and from any of these can be arranged, as can lunch or dinner for your day out. The nearest course, which is just a couple of miles down the road, is Brunston Castle. Brunston is a par 72 course, 6,800 yards long, was designed by renowned golf architect Donald Maclennan Arkley Steel, and was opened in 1990. South Ayrshire Council operate 8 golf courses in the area, 1 in Girvan, 1 in Maybole, 3 in Ayr and 3 in Troon, prices vary from course to course and details of all municipal courses can be found here.

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A further 5 miles brings us to the world famous Turnberry Golf Club where the 2009 Open Championship was held. There are 2 main courses here, the Ailsa and the Kintyre, which will cost anywhere between £70 and £190 per round for non residents, depending on the time of year and the course played. There is also the 9 hole Arran course which is only £25-£35 a round and was designed to allow the professionals of the Colin Montgomerie Links Golf Academy to pass on some of Montgomerie`s insights.

Another half hour or so North along the coast brings us to Prestwick Golf Club where the Open Championship originated and was first played in 1860, Prestwick St Nicholas which is also over 100 years old, and Prestwick St Cuthberts which has been open since 1963 at its current location. A few miles more takes us to the famous Royal Troon, founded in 1878, and then onto Kilmarnock Barassie golf club which was opened in 1887.

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