Ballochmyle Golf Club

Ballochmyle Golf Club occupies the estate grounds of Ballochmyle, near Mauchline in central Ayrshire — ground that Robert Burns walked and celebrated in verse. His poem 'The Lass o' Ballochmyle' was written here in the 1780s. The sandstone viaduct that carries the Glasgow–Kilmarnock railway across the Ayr valley on the estate boundary is one of the largest sandstone railway arches in the world and is visible from several points on the course. The golf was established in 1937 in the parkland surrounding the former estate mansion.

Par 71, around 6,100 yards of parkland using the natural fall of the Ballochmyle estate ground. The River Ayr cuts through the southern edge of the property — deep-gorged here, sandstone cliffs running along the bank — and the course uses the wooded ground above the gorge on its lower section. The contrast between the open upper holes and the enclosed riverside woodland gives the routing more variety than a single terrain type would allow.

Visitor green fee is £30–45. The Burns connection extends throughout this part of Ayrshire: Mauchline has the Burns House Museum and Mauchline Castle, and Alloway (Burns Cottage, Brig o' Doon) is 12 miles south-west. For golfers doing an Ayrshire circuit that already includes the coastal links, Ballochmyle provides the inland counterpart — a round in landscape that Burns knew, at a price that inland Ayrshire clubs consistently offer.