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Playing the Ailsa at Turnberry in November
The Ailsa Course in November, at £195 green fee, in a light Ayrshire drizzle. This is when Turnberry is at its best, and no-one is telling you.
Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland 3 days 11 min read
The story
James plays a three-day trip to Trump Turnberry in mid-November — the shoulder of the shoulder season, when green fees drop from £475 to £195 and the course is playing firm and fast in an Ayrshire wind. He covers what a properly-played round at the Ailsa actually looks like (the 9th tee wind read, the run-up shots, the club selection into the 10th green), the whisky pairing at the Duel in the Sun bar, and — the part every American misses — that the Lighthouse Suite in November has zero booking pressure. A dry piece; the kind of column read by men who already own a set of forged blades.