|
BBC Sport: Loading News Ticker...
Pages: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Times Online - Need to Know Machrihanish
06-02-2009
Southworth Development, an American resort developer, has bought a controlling interest in Kintyre Development Company, the developer of Machrihanish Dunes Golf Club in Scotland. more.. HSBC Premier Golf Network - Machrihanish Dunes Golf Club
06-01-2009
Here, in the southwest corner of the Mull of Kintyre, where the movements of sea, sand, wind and grazing sheep have intertwined over countless centures, a perfectly and naturally suited to the purest form of the royal and ancient game of golf. more.. Golfmagic.com - Commetator Claims First Ace at Machrihanish
06-01-2009
BBC golf and rugby commentator Andrew Cotter has a new claim to fam. He's first to achieve a hole-in-one at Machrihanish Dunes, Scotland's latest world class golf course. more.. Daily Mail - BBC man tees up first hole-in-one
05-31-2009
TV commentator Andrew Cotter is the first person to get a hole-in-one at Scotland's newest world-class golf course. more.. FindtheFairways.com - BBC Sports Commentator Andrew Cotter shoots Hole-in-One
05-29-2009
BBC sports commentator Andrew Cotter has a new claim to fame as the first person ever to get a hole-in-one at Machrihanish Dunes, Scotland's newest world class golf course. The television sports personality was playing a round with Scottish International rugby stars Gregor Townsend and Fergus Wallace when he hit a cracking shot 131 yards on the 14th hole with a nine iron and landed right in the hole. more.. iGolf - Machrihanish Dunes Golf Club
05-22-2009
There's a new Kidd in town on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean in southwest Scotland. Set to open July 21st is the much-anticipated Machrihanish Dunes Golf Club, designed by Scotsman David McLay Kidd. This is the first links course built on the west coast of Scotland in 100 years. more.. Golf Inside - Difilee der Destinationen
05-15-2009
In normalen Zeiten könnte man sagen, dass in den nächsten Jahren viele faszinierende Ziele für Gruppenreisen kommen werden. In diesen Zeiten aber muss man fragen, was davon überhaupt und in welcher Form realisiert wird more.. New England Golf Examiner - Green Shoots
05-13-2009
They say it never rains on a golf course, but the big, black cumulonimbus that's been hovering over the global economy hasn't spared the game of golf. Rounds are down, equipment companies are practically giving products away, and private clubs are so desperate for new members that they've taken to courting them on AM radio. more.. Crittenden Resort Report - Developers Take a Hack at New Golf Deals
05-11-2009
Southworth Development and Landscapes Unlimited still see the light at the end of the tunnel in golf course communities and move on with development and acquisitions despte the dismal industry. more.. PGATour.com - Scotland's New Classic Courses
05-05-2009
With a golf history reaching back more than 600 years, it's the old, traditional courses that attract most visitor attention in Scotland - nothing wrong with that, these centenarians are the layouts that created the game we know today. Designed and built at a time when mechanical earth moving equipment didn't exist, out of necessity, they are completely natural and void of the artificial, mad made feeling, familiar to most of us on this side of the Atlantic. more.. Golf Digest - Resemassans 8 Basta
04-30-2009
Fran Allerum till Raffles Resort i Grenadinerna. Estland, Osterrike, Mauritius, Turkiet och Jamaica. Under en vinterhelg besoktes Swedish Golf Travelers Fair av golfsugna besokare. Har ar listan pa ustallarna som fick oss att langta ut fran Vintertradgarden i Grand Hotel i Stockholm... more.. Campbeltown Courier - Machrihanish Dunes gets Eco Approval
04-24-2009
Machrihanish Dunes, Kintyre's new links course, was given the seal of approval on Wednesday by Scottish Natural Heritage. more.. Golfweek - Machrihanish Dunes to open in July
04-20-2009
It finally appears that the golfers making the pilgrimage to the Scotland's historic Machrihanish Golf Club will have the chance to play at its much anticipated sister course. more.. The London Times - Scottish golf course will tee off on time with US cash injection
04-15-2009
An American resort developer has stepped in to ensure that the West Coast of Scotland's first new links golf course in more than a century opens this summer. Southworth Development, based in Massachusetts, announced yesterday that it had bought a controlling interest in the Machrihanish Dunes development and would be injecting "several million pounds" to complete the estimated £30 million project. more..Golf Links Magazine - Best New Courses: Golf in the Raw
03-27-2009
When Old Tom Morris made what must have been in 1876 a formidable journey from his home town of St Andrews to the southern corner of the Mull of Kintyre far in the west of Scotland to layout the classic links of Machrihanish, he declared the lad to be "made by The Almighty for playing golf"... more.. Golf Architecture: A Worldwide Perspective, Volume Five - Machrihanish Dunes, Scotland: Walking in Famous Footsteps
02-23-2009
Hot on the heels of completing the Castle Course, the latest addition to the 'Home of Golf', I packed my bags and headed west to organise yet another home - the fortieth in my relatively short life. As we established the Machrihanish Dunes site, I was struck by a thought that first presented three years earlier: Old Tom, himself, also had the honour and privilege to both design and build a course at St Andrews, and then do the same on the West coast on the remote peninsula at Machrihanish on the tip of the Mull of Kintyre... more.. GOLFWEEK - Scotch Retreat: Free Golf for Tourists
01-12-2009
Scoland's tourist board is dangling an enticing lure to tourists: free golf, and lots of it. more.. Campbeltown Courier - We're In The Money
12-05-2008
The Argyll and Bute Council has approved a £30 Million investment project that will revitalize and improve the five main towns in Arygyll. Campbeltown has been awarded £6.5 Million of the total monies, which will go towards improvements to the town's centre and the construction of a brand new 100 berth marina among other improvements. more..Golf Digest - New Golf in Ancient Lands
12-01-2008
With a burst of great new golf courses, there are more reasons than ever to make that pilgrimage to Scotland... more.. Trader UK Daily - Great Scot: The Play
11-29-2008
In remote western Scotland, Machrihanish Dunes is inspiring a very rational exuberance.
When it comes to the business of golf-course development, ego can get in the way of due diligence. Witness: Donald Trump's bullish-in-a-china-shop efforts to transform a sensitive dune system in northeast Scotland into a mega-resort in his grand (or gaudy, depending on one's perspective) vision. more.. Leisure News - Grass Roots Support for New Scottish Golf Course
08-08-2007
The new 18-hole Machrihanish Dunes links course has chosen Barenbrug grass seed for its greens and tees. Currently under construction by DMK Golf Design, the course is using two mixtures selected both for their compatibility with the natural surroundings and proven performance in harsh conditions. more.. A Team for the Greens Machrihanish Dunes - Golf Business News
08-07-2007
Machrihanish Dunes has chosen Barenbrug grass seed for its greens and tees. The new 18-hole links course, currently under construction by DMK Golf Design, is using two mixtures selected for their compatibility with the natural surroundings and proven performance in harsh conditions.
Situated on the Kintyre Peninsula, Machrihanish Dunes is the first 18-hole links golf course to be built on the west coast of Scotland in over a century, and the first ever to be built entirely within a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). more.. From Mashpee to Scotland - Cape Cod Times
07-30-2007
Sixteen years ago, David Southworth and Reebok chairman Paul Fireman sat down to discuss the future. The "golf course" that fireman had recently purchased was little more than a pile of dirt, with a trailer serving as the makeshift clubhouse. more.. Scottish project takes shape - Golf Course Industry
07-23-2007
David Southworth is getting a lesson in the purist’s view of golf for his new development project. Construction began last spring on the Machrihanish Dunes golf course on Isle of Kintyre on the southwest coast of Scotland. It’s next to Old Tom Morris’ Machrihanish Golf Club and a short ride away from St. Andrews. more.. New seaplane service plans and fresh hope for Irish ferry - Campbeltown Courier
07-20-2007
MONDAY could be remembered as one of the days that shaped the future prosperity of Campbeltown and Kintyre. The first of what is hoped to be regular visits by commercial seaplanes landed in Campbeltown Loch and at the same time, across the water new hope was given to Ballycastle-Campbeltown ferry service at the British-Irish Council summit meeting at Stormont. more.. The finishing date of the new Dunes Golf Club is in sight - Campbeltown Courier
07-20-2007
Machrihanish Dunes is set to be finished in 2008 and already the owners of the course have started selling the new links course as an attraction in Kintyre. By bringing nine management staff from Visit Scotland, they were able to view the progress of the new golf course and to see exactly what it is they are selling, not just to the people of Britain but across Europe and America as well. more.. Super-rich boost Scottish tourism - The Observer
06-17-2007
It may be a far cry from the sun-kissed beaches and bright lights of the Cote d'Azur, but Scotland is becoming the latest fashionable playground for millionaires. more.. Head Greenkeeper at St. Andrews Old Course Move to the New Machrihanish Dunes Golf Club - IAGTO
05-16-2007
Brightside Leisure Development Limited, the developer of the new Machrihanish Dunes Golf Club in Machrihanish, Scotland is pleased to announce that Euan Grant, formerly Head Greenkeeper of the Old Course at St. Andrews, has joined Machrihanish Dunes as Keeper of the Green. more.. Is Eight Enough? - Links Magazine
05-01-2007
Earlier this year, the St. Andrews Links Trust announced that its No. 7 course, currently under construction on a clifftop two miles southeast of town, would be named the Castle, in recognition of the fact a medieval stronghold had occupied the approximate site of the intended 9th and 18th greens. more.. Southworth gets linked up in Scotland - Boston Globe
04-19-2007
It enticed none other than Old Tom Morris to sojourn hundreds of miles nearly 130 years ago. It inspired the esteemed Paul McCartney to twice write songs of tribute. And now, it has enchanted David Southworth enough to commit a business interest. more.. Club & Resort Business
04-01-2007
Southworth Development has signed three new long-term management contracts in Scotland, through its new Southworth Europe Limited subsidiary. more.. Dunes latest link in Scottish golf chain - Daily Express
03-20-2007
The latest major links development in Scotland is about to get underway at last. The first sod on the new Machrihanish Dunes course is due to be cut on April 27, more than three years after the project was launched by golf entrepreneur Brian Keating. more.. Make your way to Machrihanish - Golf Week
12-19-2006
Snow fell heavily here on March 18, 1876, as it had for much of that week. But by March, owing to the mercurial weather along Scotland's remote southwest coast, the snow had cleared and a 10-hole golf course was laid. By 10 a.m. that morning, a group of area men played the first two rounds on what was then called Kintyre Golf Club, finishing each in 1 3/4 hours. more.. What's New in the Old Country? - Golf Styles New England
12-01-2006
Speaking of the Mull of Kintyre, golfers in the know will have heard of the outstanding course at Machrihanish. Most will not have played it, though, since in the past it's been so difficult to get to. Not anymore. more.. |
