Management

Machrihanish Dunes Golf Club and the luxury accommodations in both Machrihanish and Campbeltown, Scotland will be managed by Southworth Europe Limited. Southworth Europe Limited is a subsidiary of Southworth Development LLC, a privately held company based in Newton, Massachusetts, specializing in the development of residential resort & hospitality branded real estate communities. Through its subsidiaries, Southworth Europe Limited, Southworth Golf Construction and Southworth Golf Management, Southworth Development is also extremely active in the international golf industry.

Southworth’s golf management operations specialize in the management of multi-faceted, full-service properties, often located within destination resort developments. The company’s philosophy is to operate properties as individual brands, with most business and personnel practices customized to each property’s specific market. Southworth emphasizes the importance of financial analysis, management and planning in the operation of its properties in order to maximize owner returns and asset value.

In addition to the Machrihanish and Campbeltown projects, Southworth’s management contracts include properties in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the United States and The Bahamas.

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In 1618, King James I declares that golf should be allowed on Sundays after the golfers had 'first done their duties to God'.

The first golf equipment purchase on record was in 1502 by King James IV of Scotland from a bowmaker in Perth, Scotland.

In 1567 - two days after the murder of her husband - Mary, Queen of Scots was accused of playing golf instead of mourning.

The first improvement in golf equipment came in 1618 with the arrival of the feather ball, or 'featherie', as it was known. King James I grants monopoly for 21 years to James Melville for the manufacture of golf balls, provided that he does not charge more than four shillings a ball.

The first recorded international golf match pits the Duke of York and John Paterstone of Scotland against to English Noblemen. The Scots won.