Kilbirnie Place Golf Club

Established in 1925, this parkland course compensates for its modest 5,500-yard length with tricky, well-protected greens and natural hazards, notably the Jocks Burn winding through the opening and closing holes. The ruins of Place Castle overlook the green at the narrow, out-of-bounds-lined 4th, and the short par-3 18th, played over water to an elevated green, has wrecked many a scorecard.