£25M Investment @Dundonald Links - You Have To Watch This!
Bookable for stays from July 2021, 18 luxury lodges – which
feature two, four or six bedrooms – have been custom-designed with golfers in
mind, with bag storage and drying areas, en-suite bathrooms, large living
spaces and fully-equipped kitchen and dining facilities. Dundonald Links course
designer Kyle Phillips is also creating a series of private putting greens on
their doorstep.
Phillips is also overseeing £1m of investment in the course
itself, with a focus on improving the playing environment and experience, and
the addition of a new half-way house.
The combination of the course improvements, new clubhouse and
overnight offering will play an important role in operator Darwin Escape’s
aspirations to create one of the best venues in the UK to stay and play golf. The
leisure operator acquired the club last year and promised to invest in
new facilities from the outset after seeing its boundless potential and idyllic
location.
Already a well-respected test for bucket-list golfers from across the world,
Dundonald has hosted many major professional golf events since 2008 – including
the Ladies’ Scottish Open in 2015, 2016 and 2017 and the
Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open in 2017.
Ian Ferguson, club manager, said: “We wanted to give the golf course the
outstanding facilities that it deserves and give golfers everything they could
possibly want from a golf break – and this investment programme will do just
that.
“Our new video and website encapsulates our vision as we head into this
incredibly exciting chapter of Dundonald’s history.
“We are really excited about the new clubhouse and accommodation and can’t wait
to welcome our first overnight guests in summer 2021. The Ayrshire coast is home to some of
Scotland’s finest links courses and Dundonald Links will make the ideal base
for golfers to explore all that it has to offer.”
Planned for opening later next year, the new two-storey clubhouse will be a
striking contemporary design, with large balconies overlooking the course and
panoramic views to the Isle of Arran. Facilities within the clubhouse will
include a pro shop, restaurant, bar, whiskey tasting room, outdoor dining
terrace, as well as a gym, sauna, steam room and extensive changing facilities.
Set amongst the picturesque Scottish countryside, the new clubhouse will be
created from natural materials, finished with local whinstone and a grass
roof, to blend seamlessly with the rugged landscape and surroundings and coincide
with Dundonald’s long-term commitment to sustainability, conservation and
nature.
In addition, Dundonald Links will cut the ribbon on 22 hotel rooms later next year,
these situated beside the clubhouse for ease of access to the restaurant
and club facilities.
About Dundonald Links:
The first Dundonald Links layout was designed by 1883 Open Champion Willie Fernie and opened on March 23rd, 1911.
· Dundonald Links was purchased by Loch Lomond
Golf Club in early 2003 to provide its global membership with a traditional
links challenge. The club enlisted California-based architect Kyle Phillips,
who had recently built Kingsbarns, to create a links masterpiece on the
Ayrshire coast, featuring wonderful undulations, deep rough, a generous helping
of gorse bushes and, unlike many traditional links courses, there are areas of
the course that are framed by stunning pine trees.
· The 18-hole, par-72, championship course offers
a classic links golf experience for all to savour. Generous fairways,
undulating greens and a wide choice of tees make it an enjoyable test for
golfers of all abilities. It is also one of the longest courses in the UK,
measuring 6,700 yards.
· In 2008, Dundonald was chosen as the venue for the first stage of the European Tour Qualifying School and continued to host the tournament until 2011. In 2012, the course hosted the Senior Opening Qualifying. 2014 saw the prestigious Boys’ Amateur Championship played at Dundonald. The venue then hosted some of the world’s best female golfers for the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open in 2015, 2016 and 2017 – where the course also welcomed the men’s event.
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