Situated on the west coast of Scotland it shows
itself as the epitome of what links is. Covered in heather and
gorse keeping to the excellent rolling greens is a tough task.
It is these luxurious rolling greens, giving subtle movements
like a true links, providing much of the action and adversity.
When the Open Championship is held in Ayrshire,
at Turnberry and Royal Troon, Glasgow Gailes is immediately
retained by the R & A as one of the final qualifying courses.
Glasgow
Gailes has been very fortunate that Willie Park Jnr from Musselburgh
was its designer. His design philosophy was “ keep things
simple”. Willie wasn’t a believer in creating greens
with dramatic slopes, did not favour the “blind”
shot and particularly in the case of Glasgow Gailes, had the
foresight to leave the glorious heather and gorse untouched.
He always believed Gailes to be one of his best creations. Generations
since believe he was right.
