Rothesay Golf Club

Founded in 1892 and extended and re-laid out by James Braid in 1908, this 18-hole parkland course circles Canada Hill above Rothesay, only three-quarters of a mile from the pier. At about 400 feet, the course gives sweeping views over the Firth of Clyde, the Cowal Hills, Lochs Riddon and Striven, the Mull of Kintyre, Arran and the Ayrshire coast; Walter Hagen reputedly called the views unbeatable anywhere in the world.