Mike,
Great that you were able to see those courses! What was the consensus of the group? Were there certain features/holes that stuck out?
What else were you able to see? Hope you had a good trip!
It was an incredible trip, thanks.
Western Gailes
Royal Troon
Turnberry
Prestwick
Royal Dornoch
Trump Aberdeen
Cabot (Castle Stuart)
Cruden Bay
Royal Aberdeen
First trip over for me .. about half the 12 had been before but not played any of these courses. Turnberrry was early and even with exceptional wind, the general dinner conversation was "is this the best course in the world?" Certainly it's in a conversation .. and I thought it was incredible - definitely can see why it's a championship course.
Past that, most of us (including me) had a tie between Dornoch and Cruden Bay as the one you'd most want to play. The blind holes on CB I loved. Prestwick had some of the most unique holes I'd ever seen.
Trump Aberdeen and Cabot were awesome experiences .. the views are unreal. The holes were underwhelming .. mainly I think because they're competing with such historical and more fun "quirk." No regrets, just makes me want to go play every "no name" links course over there.