Ever heard of Troon?
Janice Barnes
I'm moving to a street called "Troon" and was told it's the name of a golf course.
Has anyone ever heard of it, and if so where is it? Thanks.
Mark Koenig
>I'm moving to a street called "Troon" and was told it's the name of a golf course.
>Has anyone ever heard of it, and if so where is it? Thanks.
Troon is in Scotland (southwest, I think), the course is in the town, along the
Irish Sea. Troon is a stones throw from Prestwick...(This is from memory,
so sue me if I am wrong... ;-)
Great golf course! The wind can make it play *real* tough. We played in June
and had about a 30 mph wind...front nine played downwind, except for the
8th (Postage Stamp), back nine was a bear! Tough enough without the wind...the
caddies even said the pros hate it when the wind kicks up....I shot a 82
(38,44), you can tell the wind had an effect.
Good Putting!
Mark
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Mark Koenig
>I'm moving to a street called "Troon" and was told it's the name of a golf course.
>Has anyone ever heard of it, and if so where is it? Thanks.
Troon is in Scotland (southwest, I think), the course is in the town, along the
Irish Sea. Troon is a stones throw from Prestwick...(This is from memory,
so sue me if I am wrong... ;-)
Great golf course! The wind can make it play *real* tough. We played in June
and had about a 30 mph wind...front nine played downwind, except for the
8th (Postage Stamp), back nine was a bear! Tough enough without the wind...the
caddies even said the pros hate it when the wind kicks up....I shot a 82
(38,44), you can tell the wind had an effect.
Good Putting!
Mark
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Mark Glasser
>>Troon is in Scotland (southwest, I think), the course is in the town,
along >>the Irish Sea. Troon is a stones throw from Prestwick...(This
is from >>memory, so sue me if I am wrong... ;-)
There is also Troon Country Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, although I'm
unsure if there's any relation to the original (see above). I played
the Scottsdale course just after Christmas; it's every bit the top 100
U.S. golf course rating (Golfer's Digest). Of course, if you dislike
desert courses, you'll hate it.
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J. Jeff Mahoney
>>I'm moving to a street called "Troon" and was told it's the name of a
>>golf course.
>>Has anyone ever heard of it, and if so where is it? Thanks.
>
>Troon is in Scotland (southwest, I think), the course is in the town,
>>along the Irish Sea. Troon is a stones throw from Prestwick...
>>(This is from memory, so sue me if I am wrong... ;-)
Yes, it is a VERY famous course in Scotland, about a 40 minute
train ride from Glasgow, on the Irish Sea. Royal Troon is part of the
British Open rotation, where it was last held in 1989. I was there
that summer, and I followed Payne Stewart as he shot a course record
65 on Saturdays round, only to be outdone by Greg Norman, who fired a
64 on Sunday. I also remember Bernard Langer coming in with an 80 in
Fridays round. Of course, Calcavecia won it all in the famous four-
hole (no sudden death) playoff. It was a very exciting four days,
at a very exciting golf course. The eighth hole is the famous
"Postage Stamp" par 3. I never did understand how it got that name
(anyone know?)
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Mark Koenig
>.... The eighth hole is the famous
>"Postage Stamp" par 3. I never did understand how it got that name
>(anyone know?)
Well it could that it is one of the smallest greens you will ever see...
We played it into a 25-30 mph wind at 130 yards...if my memory serves me
correctly, there is a big hill on the left with bunkers surrounding the
green, right side drops off the hill...hit it short, tough chip up the hill,
hit it left, tough chip off the hill...hit it right, tough chip up the hill...
I think the grren is about 25 yards long and 5-8 yards wide.....
Mark
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Blair P. Houghton
There's one in Scotland (or Ireland) that's well-enough
thought of that they named _two_ courses in Phoenix
after it (Troon and Troon North; I'll have to look up
which is Private and which is Semi-Private).
--Blair
"Never played a Troon, meself..."
William Clark
after the site of his only major?
William Clark
William Clark
looks no bigger than a postage stamp.
William Clark
John Brown
>koe...@convex.com (Mark Koenig) writes:
>
>>>Troon is in Scotland (southwest, I think), the course is in the town,
>along >>the Irish Sea. Troon is a stones throw from Prestwick...(This
>is from >>memory, so sue me if I am wrong... ;-)
You're right. Almost right beside the old Prestwick Airport that served
as Scotland's main airport for many, many years.
>There is also Troon Country Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, although I'm
>unsure if there's any relation to the original (see above). I played
>the Scottsdale course just after Christmas; it's every bit the top 100
>U.S. golf course rating (Golfer's Digest). Of course, if you dislike
>desert courses, you'll hate it.
I wonder if this is a Tom Weiskopf design? He won his only major at Troon
some time in the '70s. In response to someone else's query, the Postage
Stamp gets its name from the size of the green. The hole is very short
(107 yds?) but the green is only 300 sq.ft or something. I have a book
at home that I can look up if anyone is real interested.
jb
David Morning
>I'm moving to a street called "Troon" and was told it's the name of a golf course.
>Has anyone ever heard of it, and if so where is it? Thanks
It's a seaside resort on the west coast of Scotland...Ayrshire to be precise.
About 2o miles from where I stay.
Royal Troon is it's main golf course but, like most of that part of Ayrshire
there's a few others in the vicinity such a Barrassie.
Following the coastline down from Troon you come to Prestwick next a few miles
away, followed by Ayr then a gap to Turnberry.
It also rhymes with Broon as in my .sig :-)
Dave
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David Morning
Oops, forgot to add, Population of Troon is around 20,000
Dave
Doug Siebert
>
>>>Troon is in Scotland (southwest, I think), the course is in the town,
>along >>the Irish Sea. Troon is a stones throw from Prestwick...(This
>is from >>memory, so sue me if I am wrong... ;-)
>
>There is also Troon Country Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, although I'm
>unsure if there's any relation to the original (see above). I played
>the Scottsdale course just after Christmas; it's every bit the top 100
>U.S. golf course rating (Golfer's Digest). Of course, if you dislike
>desert courses, you'll hate it.
As one of the (likely) few who has played both courses (actually all three
since the Troon in Scotland has the Royal course where they play tournaments
and the Portland course which is a bit newer and not quite as nice (but
certainly not EASY by any means) I can say both are worth a look. The Troon
in Arizona is a really good course very well maintained -- the Troon in
Scotland (the Royal one) is, in the Scottish tradition, not overwatered by
any means but was (when I played it last May) in very good condition.
One thing about Royal Troon. The prevaling wind is with you for most of the
front nine, against you on the back nine. I did great the first twelve holes,
except for a double bogey on the ninth that was more than compensated for by
a par on the 425-yd twelfth "Railway" hole (if you've seen the view from the
championship tee you will always forevermore remember that you don't need
the slightest bit of water, sand, or trees to create a terribly scary hole
you will always remember!) The last six holes against a near gale, well, we
won't talk about them :-) But it was nice blasting out of a small trap at
the back of the green on the 18th to a foot to save a par, until a member who
saw it from the clubhouse came up to me during our lunch and said he'd seen
the shot I hit to the green the blast and asked what I shot on and was
embarrassed to tell him that despite that nice finish I had gone round in
38-48!
For the first couple days I was in Scotland I stayed in the Marine Highland
hotel in Troon, which is right along the 18th fairway, giving a good view of
golfers struggling in from both my room and the dining room below. Its a
wonderful Victorian style hotel, but unless you get in there as part of a
tour group package (like I did) you better have the bucks, since the suites
with a view of the course go for nearly $300/night!
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Troon - in Scottsdale, very private, ranked in top 100 in the US and World.
Troon North - Just a few miles down the road from Troon, also in Scottsdale, very similiar to Troon, available for public play.
Both were designed by Weiskopf and Jay Morrish, and are excellent desert landscape courses. They were named after Royal Troon, site of Weiskopf's Brish Open crown.
-- Ed