Why is there a house in the middle of Royal Troon and who lives there during The Open?

Blackrock House sits right in the middle of Royal Troon Golf Club (Image: Getty) Every golf course has its quirks, but Royal Troon is truly set apart by the sprawling house plonked right in the middle of it. And those living there will get a first-class view of The Open this week, where the likes of Rory McIlroy , Bryson DeChambeau and Scottie Scheffler will battle it out for a major victory. Blackrock Cottages featured in the original plans for Royal Troon Golf Club, suggesting the building existed in one form or another before the course was built around it in 1878.

It has been theorised that the cottages were primarily used to house people fishing the nearby coastline. It wasn't until the 1920s that the building as it exists today was constructed. Related articles Bob MacIntyre's Scottish Open dream victory almost ruined by spectator DP World Tour seals lucrative deal ahead of the Open as golf meets high fashion Greer Carson, an Oscar-winning actress born in 1904, used to spend her summers at Blackrock House when it was owned by her brother.

Nowadays the two properties which make up Blackrock House are in the hands of the Kelly's and the Gregory's. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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