The name of Troon is synonymous with golf. The town is home to the Royal Troon Golf Club, which is home to two of the six golf courses which together entirely surround Troon. The others are the Kilmarnock Club plus three municipal courses, including two of championship standard. The actual name "Troon" has nothing to do with Scotland's national game. Instead it comes from "Trwyn", Celtic for headland or point. Which is a fair name for the rocky nose on which much of the earlier part of the town is built, projecting from the broad sandy bays to the north and south. Troon harbour played a notable part in the development of the town for many years. It was home to the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, which constructed many vessels for worldwide customers but mainly small passenger and various merchant vessels. The fishing fleet from Ayr moved to Troon harbour and a revitalisation of the abandoned section of the harbour started.
Transportation in Troon
By Car: Located just north of Ayr & Prestwick on the West coast of Scotland, Troon is approached from the A78 from Irvine to the north & from the A77 from Ayr or from Kilmarnock to the west.
By Train: Troon railway station offers good onward connections to Glasgow and Paisley, twice hourly. There are also connecting services to Ayr, Kilmarnock and Newcastle.
By Coach: There are frequent National Express services operating coaches to Glasgow and Ayr. From Glasgow or Ayr you will need to get a Train or taxi to Troon.
By Ferry:
The Port of Troon is Located just north of Ayr & Prestwick on the West coast of Scotland, and as well as being the principal fishing port in the west of Scotland, Troon is also an important ferry port with great connections via road and rail to Glasgow Paisley, Ayr and Newcastle. Troon is the Scottish half of two major ferry routes departing for Northern Ireland. Seacat sail from Troon to Belfast ferry port while P & O Irish Sea sends their ferries to Larne.
The harbour is now home to a vast marina reflecting its importance as a centre for leisure sailing in the Firth of Clyde. It also offers the North Sands and the South Sands, the wide beaches backed by promenades and the trappings of a fairly genteel seaside resort.
The origins of Troon's connections with golf date back to the founding of the Royal Troon Golf Club in 1878. Originally with just 5 holes, it was extended to become an 18 hole course in 1886, and it first held the Open Championship in 1923.
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