Golf
As in most areas of scotland, is well provided for in the ayrshire area. along with a myriad of public courses, ayrshire contains two courses which have held the british open one of the majors on the pga/european tour in recent years: turnberry and royal troon. in 2007, golf digest ranked turnberry as the 7th best golf course in its list of the "100 best golf courses outside the united states" and the course is available to the general public from between â£65 to â£200 a round, depending on the time of year. royal troon is also available for visitors to play between may and october and will cost around â£200. in addition, prestwick golf club, host of the first british open and consequently the first major golf tournament can be accessed by the general public, though the course is not quite of the same standard as turnberry and troon.
Cycling
Is very popular in the summer throughout ayrshire. a common cycle route is between the towns of ayr and girvan, which provides pleasant views of the ayrshire coastline, the castle at dunure and culzean.