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The Village at Machrihanish Dunes has announced that it has won the Scotland Enterprise Award at the Countryside Alliance Awards held at Scottish Parliament at Holyrood. The Enterprise Award is awarded to the business that is inspiring and globally competitive, while contributing to the community and the rural heritage in which it is based.
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The Buteman - Golf: top world pairs event comes to Argyll and Bute
03-12-12
The world’s top amateur golf pairs event will come to Argyll and Bute next year. The world final of the International Pairs Club Event will take place in October 2013 at Machrihanish Dunes links course. It is recognised as the world’s biggest club competition. Council leader Roddy McCuish said, “This event is huge and the world final attracts golfers and their followers from thirty countries. “It is a marvellous coup for Kintyre and the impact will spread throughout Argyll and Bute as word is taken to the world of what this unique area has to offer.”
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For Argyll - Council Gets Major Golf Score For Kintyre
29-11-12
Argyll and Bute Council has been successful in attracting the International Pairs world golf finals for 2013 to the Machrihanish Dunes Golf course at Campbeltown. Qualifiers for the finals tournaments are held all over the world and the play off will be here in Scotland. Diary dates for the World Finals are 7th-10th October 2013.
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Golf Monthly - Southwest Scotland Pilgrims’ Way
15-11-12
Going on a golf tour to Scotland always has that feel of making a pilgrimage. The country has so many great courses, all steeped in the history of the game, that it’s hard to decide where to go and play. No matter what part of Scotland you go to, you’ll almost certainly feel the need to go back More...
Golf Channel - Punch Shots: Great remote golf experiences
13-11-12
If your idea of a great golf trip is one that's in the middle of nowhere, our travel experts name their three favorite remote golf destinations: More...
Golf Business News - ‘Industry Gold’ Recognised at Scottish Golf Tourism Awards
07-11-12
The Scottish golf tourism industry’s top achievers have been recognised at a dazzling awards ceremony held near Edinburgh. The annual event from leading industry organisation Golf Tourism Scotland is widely regarded as the ‘Oscars of the golfing world’. More...
Golf Européen -Trois Links Bien Tourbes
07-11-12
Nous vous emmenons au cœur de la presqu’ile de Kyntire et de l’ile d’islay, sur la côte ouest de l’écosse. le voyage débute sur la route plongeant vers campbeltown, se poursuit sur les links battus par les vents et se termine dans les distilleries de whiskies à la saveur tourbée qui font la réputation des grands single malts Écossais. More...
Departures International - Update Scotland
07-11-12
With the addition of a stunning world-class golf course and a raft of new (and new-look) hotels, Caledonia’s charms grow by leaps and bounds. More...
-Machrihanish Dunes is the first 18-hole course in the UK to be certified by the Golf Environment Organisation, and uses no pesticides, chemicals or irrigation, but rather Hebridean Sheep to graze fairways, and rare wild orchids are protected in out of bounds areas.
-Don’t miss the opportunity to learn more about The Village at Machrihanish Dunes at the IGTM in Algarve, Portugal on 12 – 15 of November 2012.More...
Golf on the Kintyre Peninsula and Some Other Places
15-10-12
Not too long ago a friend asked me the often-repeated golf question, “if you could play in a foursome with anyone, whow ould you choose?”
He was more than a little surprised when I said, “Old Tom Morris, Young Tom Morris and Willie Park, Jr.” More...
Annual Autumn Open at Machrihanish Dunes Golf Course
18-10-12
Throughout the day 70 competitors from the UK, Europe and Scandinavia set off on their quest to conquer the 18 holes of the Dunes course. As many of the players stated, the conditions were typical west coast golfing weather, breezy with scattered showers, but nothing that would dampen the spirits of the entrants or the organisers as the day had a real party atmosphere to it. More...
The Daily- Links of Green: A Golfing Vacation on Coastal Scotland's Famed Courses
07-10-12
Perhaps there aren’t yachts, palm trees or thong-bottomed starlets, but the Kintyre Peninsula southwest of Glasgow still earned a nickname as the “Scottish Riviera.” The Argyll region was known for fine summer homes, famed whiskey distilleries and a legendary golf course... Though the past three decades have brought tougher times for the area, a Massachusetts-based developer has injected it with fresh vision. More...
ABTA Golf- Green Links
01-10-12
While many golfers believe their sport is environment-friendly, most courses require an enormous amount of water and often use large quantities of chemicals in order to keep the grass looking nice and green. More...
Scottish Golf Breaks – The Village at Machrihanish and the world’s most natural Golf Course
23-09-12
As a relatively small country, Scotland can be rightly proud of its inventive history and the things it has brought to the world. From the TV to the Refrigerator, Scotland has shaped modern life more than most and while its list of inventions is impressive, most of the things on it pale in insignificance to the most important thing it has brought to the world, golf of course! More...
The Long and Winding Road to the Mull of Kintyre
25-08-12
What do I like about Machrihanish and the Mull of Kintyre? Absolutely Nothing. There's Nothing to do--except stroll aimlessly along beaches or watch gannets dive-bomb gullible fish. There's nothing to see--except ocean seascapes and distant isles. More...
LINKS100 Video of the Month: Machrihanish Dunes
20-08-12
The creation of Machrihanish Dunes, the first links built on the west coast of Scotland in 100 years, did not come about easily. Situated on the remote Kintyre Peninsula, original developer Brian Keating and current owner Southworth Development clearly hoped to capitalize on the presence of LINKS100 stalwart Machrihanish Golf Club, just a short drive up the road. More...
18GreatestGolf.com- Place of Pilgrimage, Machrihanish
27-07-12
Machrihanish, the original course, the Old Tom creation, is a thing of wonder, a links of colossal charisma. And against the odds it now has a neighbour which is equally enchanting. More...
Golf International- The True Romance Of The Highlands
17/07/12
This is a tails of romance, golf, love and more golf. More...
Mach Dunes Offers Free Golf For Life
27-07-12
A golf venue described as the ‘world’s most natural golf club’ is offering free golf for life and shared ownership of a cottage for £8,295. More...
Golf World - Arran, Argyll, and Bute
17-07-12
The remote location of many of Great Britain and Ireland’s finest courses means that playing them often becomes as much an ‘experience’ as it is a golf break. More...
The Herald Magazine - Sean Guthrie reacquaints himself with the dunes of Kintyre
16-06-12
The Dunes has, in spite of its youth, featured in lists of the top courses in Scotland/Britain/the world - is links to rival that of the original Machrihanish Golf Club, where my 54-hole, one-man mission to reacquaint myself with Kintyre begins. More...
Golf World's Top 100 Golf Courses in Britain & Ireland
04-06-2012
#78-Machrihanish Dunes: All Change at 'Mach Dunes'. Open only a few years, every hole has been tweaked to keep improving this magical links. More...
Campbeltown Courier - Revamped Royal Hotel Opens Its Doors07-06-2012
"We're never leaving": this was the message from the man behind the renovation of a prominent town centre hotel. More...
Going for Golf - Machrihanish Dunes -My Desire is Always to be Here...
07-06-2012
Like any Shangri La, it’s not the easiest place to get to. And yet legions of golfers make their way here year after year. What’s the big attraction? More...
I’d forgotten how stunning the Kintyre peninsula is, it’d been far too long since I ventured to this remote and utterly beautiful part of Scotland. More...
Golf Wire - The Spirit Of Campbeltown Re-Opens Its Doors
24-05-2012
The Village at Machrihanish Dunes officially re-opened the historic Royal Hotel in Campbeltown on Saturday, 12 May 2012. David Southworth and Joe Deitch, owners of Machrihanish Dunes, were on hand to open the doors of this landmark hotel with a private reception followed by a grand fireworks display over Campbeltown Harbour for the community to celebrate! More...
Video: Day 2 - The Golf Road Warriors play Machrihanish Golf Club
17-05-2012
Machrihanish Golf Club has been joined by its younger sibling, Machrihanish Dunes along with the Village at Machrihanish Dunes to create a truly world-class golf destination.
Machrihanish Dunes: The Way Golf Began and Should be Going
17-05-2012
True links aficionados put the venerable Old Tom Morris-designed Machrihanish Golf Club on their list of places to play before they die and now there’s another reason to take that long, winding road to Machrihanish. More...
Scotland's Machrihanish Dunes A Must Play and Stay
17-05-2012
A visually stunning and challenging links course on the Kintyre Peninsula on the extreme west coast of Scotland, Machrihanish Dunes, designed by David Mclay Kidd, has been a hit with golfers and course ranking wonks since it debuted in May 2009. More...
A Royal Welcome
17-05-2012
How do you win the hearts of the citizens of a proud Scottish town? More...
Nae Wind Nae Golf
17-05-2012
When you have to park your stand bag up that it’s facing into the wind in order to keep it from being blown over, you know you’re n Scotland. More...
Golf Road Warriors - Golf Does Good in Kintyre
15-05-2012
By opening Machrihanish Dunes, Southworth Development, an American company, did more than just give the world a terrific new links course: it also gave Scotland's Kintyre Peninsula - and the town of Campbeltown especially - reason to celebrate. More...
The A Position - Modifications to Mach Dunes; Two Refurbished Hotels
15-05-2012
There is a misnomer the great links golf courses of the world were soley created by the hands of weather and time, with minimal input from sheep, rabbits and man. More...
Argyll Bute Council - The Royal Hotel
15-05-2012
See the timeline of The Royal Hotel's construction - plus a before and after image! More...
For Argyll - Campbeltown and All-comers Invited to View the Reopened Royal Hotel
15-05-2012
Campbeltown has just seen the night sky rocket the news of the reopening of the town's waterfront and signature Royal Hotel. More...
Campbeltown Courier - Campbeltown's Royal Hotel Re-Opens in Style
14-05-2012
The Royal Hotel in Campbeltown was re-opened in style on Saturday with hundreds of locals turning out to watch a special fireworks display to mark the occasion. More...
Travel Golf -Long, Winding Road on Scotland's Kintyre Peninsula Now Delivers Top Golf: Machrihanish G.C., Machrihanish Dunes
11-05-2012
The long winding road from Loch Lomond to Machrihanish is world famous, yet sparsely trafficked. The drive, which evokes the vivid images painted by Paul MacCartney in his 1977 ballad "Mull of Kintyre," takes about three hours if you're a timid motorist. More...
Machrihanish Improvement Pays Off with Elite Visitors
15-03-2012
Confirmation that a £30million project to improve the Mull of Kintyre as a golfing destination was worth it has come with Machrihanish included by a well-heeled group on a forthcoming trip of Europe. More...
The new property houses 22 guest rooms and suites, some of which overlook the Atlantic and Machrihanish golf club. Among its other features are the Kintyre Club Restaurant and bar, fitness centre, and the Serenity Spa. More...
Campbeltown Courier - Ugadale Hotel Opens for Business After Major Restoriation
02-03-2012
Invited guests witnessed the officialy opening of the hotel at the special reception with the Machrihanish Dunes Pipe Band performing at the ceremony. More...
Golf Business News - Historic Ugadale Hotel in Machrihanish Re-Opens its Doors
01-03-2012
The Village at Machrihanish Dunes has officially reopened the historic Ugdale Hotel to great pomp and circumstance! More...
For Argyll - Ugadale Hotel Reopens to the Call of The Heard's Horn
01-03-2012
Yesterday, Saturday 25th February, saw day long celebrations to launch the once and now again fabulous Ugadale Hotel in the beachside village of Machrihanish on the west Mull of Kintyre. His Grace, the Duke of Argyll, opened the hotel, cutting the ceremonial ribbon. the Duke also opened the restitution of The Kintyre Club, celebrated in the name of the lavish new bar at the hotel. More...
Campbeltown Courier - Machrihanish's Ugadale Hotel Back to Former Glory
01-03-2012
This week saw the finish touches being made to the long-awaited restoration of the Ugadale Hotel. More...
Fairways & Greens - Another Reason to Visit Scotland
29-02-2012
As if its incredible golf course wasn't reason enough to make the pilgrimage to an extreme corner of western Scotland, Machrihanish Dunes on the Kintyre Peninsula just got even more attractive. The Village at Machrihanish dunes officially re-opened the historic Ugadale hotel in mid-February to great pomp and circumstance. more...
GolfCourseHome - Shuttered for 30 Years, Historic Ugadale Hotel Opens its Doors
29-02-2012
Thirty years after closing its doors, the historic Ugadale Hotel in The Village at Machrihanish Dunes, Scotland, lives again. The hotel was officially reopened last weekend by The Village at Machrihanish dunes to great pomp and circumstance. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll, along with David Southworth, President and CEO of Southworth Development LLC...more...
The Official Guide to Golf in Scotland
15-01-2012
See Machrihanish Dunes on the cover of The Official Guide to Golf in Scotland
For Argyll - Machrihanish Dunes Taking Pre-booking for Restored Royal and Ugadale Hotels
04-11-2011
The Machrihanish Dunes operation in Kintyre, led by the imaginative entrepreneur, Brian Keating with American multi-billionaire, David Southworth, is announcing details for the major restorations of its two major Victorian hotels, alongside offering pre-booked 'three for two' nights introductory offers at both, for early 2012. more..
CyberGolf - A Place Old Tom Would Savor
25-10-2011
The flight from Glasgow, Scotland, to Campbeltown on the Kintyre peninsula is a brief 25 minutes. Yet it feels like a passage back to a time when Old Tom Morris was hitting a gutta-percha golf ball with hickory-shafted clubs on land that has resisted the winds of change for centuries. More...
The Guardian - Wild ambition on Scotland's west coast
09-09-2011
Kintyre’s wild charms are being boosted by two developments designed to bring visitors back to a neglected stretch of coast. The peninsulas of Kintyre and Cowal in Argyll on the west coast of Scotland are renowned for their dramatic beauty. Apart from the wild sea and landscapes, there are castles, gardens and important prehistoric remains to visit, while a ferry network gives easy access to the nearby islands of Bute, Arran, Islay, Jura and Gigha. More..
For Argyll - Major surprise news from Kintyre Express
05-09-2011
Kintyre Express has just announced that it is to run the passenger ferry to Ballycastle all year round, rather than stopping it at the end of the visitor season. This decision comes in response to public demand, with repeated requests for the service to continue. ...And the other thing that characterises the two destinations is that they each have world class golf courses on their doorsteps, like Royal Portrush, Machrihanish Golf Club with its Old Tom Morris designed course and Machrihanish Dunes, a course for men if ever there was one. More..
Women's Golf Center - Going Green - Eco-friendly Golf Courses
26-08-2011
Located in Scotland, Machrihanish Dunes Golf Club returns you to the roots of golf in a completely natural setting. The course was built on a preserved area by Scottish Natural Heritage. Machrihanish Dunes was designed around the contour of the land. Changes to the terrain were minimal while no plants were imported into the design. Sheep are used to keep the greens and land trimmed as they eat. Pesticides, chemicals, artificial irrigation systems and heavy machinery are all prohibited on the course. more..
