Barassie Information
Within
the brief stretch of coastline extending from the county town of Ayr in the south to Irvine, just 10 miles northward, there are 16 glorious courses, with not a bad one in the group you
can spend a
couple of weeks here playing a different layout every day and still not include them with a 15 minute drive of your hotel. Ayrshire is a veritable treasure trove of golf, including a
good share of
true sparklers that have somehow managed to escape the fame and fortune of their more illustrious neighbors. Kilmarnock Barrasie
is one of the least known, but it also happens to be one of the best
The Barassie golf course was built in 1877 by the merchants of nearby
Kilmarnock. The links resembles Prestwick not least for the marvellous compactness of design. The Gailes burn is a persistent hazard throughout the round. New holes have been
introduced to the north
of the course to add greater yardage. Barassie hosts the final qualifying event for the Open Championship when the competition is held in Ayrshire.
The beach at Barassie is well used in the summer by day visitors and all year by windsurfers and horse riders, being plenty room
for everyone, there are many attractive walks in woodlands and hill country within a short drive. Barassie Railway station is a handy link to Prestwick
Airport where many visitors like to arrange car hire for the duration of their stay. Troon is situated close to major routes to Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dumfries and Stranraer. This is, of
course,
Burns' Country with the cottage where the poet was born in nearby Alloway and a
visitor centre a few hundred yards from there, adjacent to the Auld Kirk where the Tam o' Shanter story is based. Three miles over the hill from Troon and situated in the village of
Dundonald is the
ruin of arguably the only Medieval Royal Castle in Scotland. The castle was
built by Robert Stewart on his succession to the throne as Robert the Second (grandson of Robert the Bruce) in 1371.
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