Troon Links - Darley

This is a municipal course so some areas look scrappy and people are out walking their dog or just crossing the course. However the golf holes themselves are fantastic, with challenging tee shots, high rough and difficult approaches. Bunkers are proper links pot bunkers and tees, fairways and greens are all in good condition. Fairways were burnt out and there was a breeze so I had a fantastic links experience. If this course was in the Netherlands it would easily be in the top 10, some holes are similar or even better than Royal Hague, just a bit more scrappy and a lot more accessible!

Played this course during winter, winter mats were out and the flags were randomly placed in awkward places on the green, that aside, I understand it’s difficult during winter.

The course itself is pretty decent, once you’ve crossed the road after the first hole it becomes interesting, some interesting holes!

Having looked forward to playing this so much the actual gap between expectation and reality was pretty significant. The greens are immaculate and the course is undeniably challenging at all levels. However, the fairways are cratered with divots, rabbit damage and the gorse probably needed a trim back somewhere around 2019!

To be fair, they seem to be underway with a lot of repairs and as it's a municipal course it's obviously been under a tight budget given the times.

some one to remove rabbits.

Municipal course.

Mooie holes die veel worden omringd door gorse (een heel vervelende struik met gele bloemen).

Greens waren geprikt maar evengoed nog sneller dan je zou verwachten