Royal Troon Golf Club (Old)

Royal Troon was founded in 1878 (without the Royal Title) as a five-hole golf course following a meeting in the local pub by a group of golf enthusiasts. It was Charlie Hunter, Keeper of the Green at , who laid out the original course and a few of his greens are still in play today. George Strath, Royal Troon's first professional, later extended the course to twelve holes and then to eighteen by 1884. Willie Fernie improved the eighteen-hole layout…