Eglinton Park Brochure - Flipbook - Page 11
GOLF
Scotland is the birthplace and home of
golf, with a legacy that spans six centuries.
There is no 昀椀ner place to play a round of
golf than the country that gave the game
to the world.
Tourists in Scotland are spoiled for choice
with over 587 fantastic courses to play,
the most courses per head of any country
in the world. 11 of the 64 Royal Golf Clubs
there are in Scotland, are known as the
world’s best.
Nearby to Eglinton Park is the Royal
Troon Golf Club where it recently hosted
The 152nd Open, Golf’s most prestigious
international tournament.
WHISKY
Famous for its Scotch Whisky, exporting
over £6bn of the liquor each year. It is
the Whisky capital of the world having
produced it for over 600 years. The country
is home to over 140 malt & grain distilleries,
making it the greatest concentration of
Whisky in the world
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