Western Gailes Golf Club

Scotland, day five: Trump Turnberry is an historically great golf course made even better (and Western Gailes is charming)
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Scotland, day five: Trump Turnberry is an historically great golf course made even better (and Western Gailes is charming)

Setting aside Donald Trump’s politics (if you can), his redesign of the famous Ailsa course at Turnberry is simply fantastic TURNBERRY, AYRSHIRE, Scotland — You can hate his politics, and ego. You can snicker at the self-aggrandizing ostentatiousness and opulence that characterizes much of what Donald Trump touches. But if you are a golfer, if…

Previewing Scotland: A journey to the birthplace of golf
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Previewing Scotland: A journey to the birthplace of golf

Seeking the enduring spirit of golf in Scotland, from Old Tom Morris to David McLay Kidd (and Donald Trump) Golfers don’t simply take a trip to Scotland to play courses there.  They make a pilgrimage. That word conveys the historic nature of the game there, the bucket-list allure. Wrote the late James W. Finegan in…

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