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Irvine Golf Club is an historic 18-hole links at Bogside in North Ayrshire. The club was formally established in March 1887 and its first course opened on 11 August 1888. The current championship configuration is par 71 and measures 6,594 yards from the blue tees; Scottish Golf's December 2023 certification rates those tees at 73.4 with a slope of 134.
The course evolved rather than being the work of one architect. Early changes were directed by Troon professional and Open champion Willie Fernie. Amateur champion Harold Hilton surveyed the course in 1912, while James Braid inspected it in May 1925 and produced recommendations that the club accepted in full.
The course is an 18-hole links golf course. It plays to par 71, 6,030m (6,594 yards), course rating 73.4 and slope rating 134. Designed by James Braid, the course originally opened in 1888. It is open to the public. On-site facilities include Clubhouse, Restaurant, Golf Lessons.
Thirteen men met at the Kings Arms Hotel on 18 March 1887 to establish Irvine Golf Club. Lord Eglinton subsequently permitted land between the railway, racecourse, river and Bartonholm village to be leased for golf. The committee laid out the initial course, which formally opened with a handicap competition for the President's Prize on 11 August 1888.
Willie Fernie directed early alterations as additional land became available. Harold Hilton surveyed the course in July 1912. In 1925 the club engaged James Braid, who visited on 6 May and submitted recommendations that were accepted in full.
He returned in 1926 and made two further changes involving bunkers short of the eighth and sixteenth greens.
The club continues to play over its Bogside links, with Scottish Golf's 2023 rating certificate listing a 6,594-yard blue course at par 71, rating 73.4 and slope 134.
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| Front 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 |
| Yards | 417 | 534 | 351 | 292 | 287 | 439 | 318 | 177 | 459 | 3274 |
| Index | 5 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 3 | - |
| Back 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 71 |
| Yards | 373 | 464 | 385 | 431 | 378 | 338 | 157 | 438 | 356 | 3320 | 6594 |
| Index | 14 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 16 | - | - |
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