Ardeer Golf Club

One of Ayrshire's oldest clubs, formed in 1880, Ardeer moved to its present Hamilton J. Stutt-designed parkland course in 1965 after several original greens had to be relocated in the 1960s to make way for a nylon salts factory. Hundreds of small trees line the fairways and a burn defends several greens, with the 500-plus-yard par-5 5th, played from an elevated tee to a blind, out-of-bounds-flanked green, the standout challenge.