Dundonald Links

Originally named Southern Gailes, the current Dundonald Golf Course in Scotland opened in 2005. The course has held multiple Scottish Women’s Opens, the 2017 Scottish Open, and will be an Open Qualifier Course from 2023-2026.

The club – which is part of our stunning Ayrshire Golf Tour – is situated on a triangle of incredible natural linksland. Designer Kyle Phillips utilized and added to this wonderful landscape, creating an even grander and more dramatic course to play on. Unusually for a links course, Dundonald Golf Club sits slightly inland and has several trees, which line some of the fairways.

There was an earlier course on part of the routing called Dundonald Castle Course that was in existence from 1911 to WWII. At 6,700 yards and built for the new longer distance Haskell Ball, it was one of the longest courses in Britain at the time. After WWII when the course was used by the military for among other things as a place where D-Day landings were practiced, the course was abandoned as it was virtually destroyed.

Purchased as a links course in 2003 for Loch Lomond Golf Club (LLGC) members, Kyle Phillips was commissioned to finish the course and brought his expertise into making it an immediate success and championship worthy.

A new era in Dundonald golf began in 2019 when the course was purchased by Darwin Escapes for £4.5 million pounds with the intention to make it into a proper golf resort. After an additional £25 million pound investment, it has been transformed into the perfect base from which to explore all the best of Ayrshire golf. Including Royal Troon, Prestwick, Western, Gailes and Turnberry.

Dundonald Links now boasts 2 luxuriously appointed 6-bedrooms lodges perfect to relax in post round. There are also individual lodge-style hotel rooms, fabulous dining and hearty breakfasts at the Canny Crow restaurant. The site also includes a state-of-the-art gym to complement the championship course and practice areas.