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world’s greatest golf course experiences, the Ailsa. And I was to be a guest for the next 24 hours, a thought filling me with an extra sense of anticipation. I was no stranger to Turnberry’s courses, yet the hotel had never previously been an accompaniment to any of my rounds of golf. I was making up for that omission, even if it was only for a day that flashed by in an instant. Staying at five-star golf resorts is a heavenly prospect, and Trump Turnberry is one of the most historic destinations you can choose for this pleasure. It is the only survivor of Scotland’s famed “railway” golf hotels
here had been murky rain and chilly winds in Scotland, but morning sunshine had fortuitously brought colour and brightness to the landscape as we detoured along the scenic coastal road from Prestwick to our destination further south in Ayrshire. A traffic-free drive through a succession of small villages, cruising over the Electric Brae and past Culzean Castle. Then it appeared on our left, the seafront Trump Turnberry hotel, a sight which has always left me spellbound. Its white-faced and red-roofed Edwardian facade is grandly planted on a high ridge overlooking one of the
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