Prestwick St Nicholas Golf Club

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Try to include both this course and the more renowned Prestwick GC on your Ayrshire golfing itinerary - Prestwick St Nicholas is, in most respects, yet another of Scotland's classic out-and-back seaside links courses. The holes are laid out both parallel and perpendicular to the coast, so scoring well in the ever-present sea breeze (or full force wind) will require every shape of shot in your repertoire. The fairways are fairly tight, with a couple of blind tee-shots to make and excellent bunkering throughout - accuracy rather than distance will serve you (and your scorecard) best. At Prestwick St Nicholas, the first three holes and the last three are played over tightly interwoven and gorse-laden dunes; things are a bit flatter on the rest of the course, but no less interesting and no less scenic. Wonderful sea views, with the Isle of Arran in the distance combine with a chance to study Ayr's commercial sea front activities at the turn. Like so many courses on Ayrshire's coast, the seashore provides one boundary with the coastal railway line providing the other.