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In addition to the 18-hole Links, the facility offers a Wee course (six par-3 holes) a covered driving range, a short game area and the
Hebrides putting course. The new version of the Machrie Hotel, now has 47 bedrooms, including 4 2-bedroom lodges; it opened in 2018, replacing a predecessor, that
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style golf course. stretching to 7024 yards from the back tees. An original Willie
Campbell design dating back to 1891 it was intentionally made long, at least by 19th Century standards, to attract golfers to Islay. The course was unusual in that its layout crosses the dunes instead of running
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New York Times 1894 article on the first U.S. Open where Willie
Campbell placed second. He was a famous early golf professional in America designing the original 18 holes at "The Country Club" in Brookline Massachusetts, the oldest country club in the U.S and serving as head
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for a prize of £100, reputed to be the largest prize of its kind at that time in the
British Isles. Harry Vardon called Mount Zion, originally the first hole, "the hardest hole I have seen". The links later hosted the
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The Islay Golf Club is a privately owned club founded in 1891, which has its home at the
Machrie Golf Links for its members.
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in 2011; it had been placed in administration in late 2010. The course was redesigned recently, by architect
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was described as "dilapidated". The previous
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Good history of the
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Media's prominent ‘power couple’ buy
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The rebirth of
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Extreme Golf p. 148 discusses the design of the Machrie
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139:"Rannsaich an Stòr-dàta Briathrachais Gàidhlig"
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57:. The word "machrie" is a corruption of the
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216:THE MACHRIE
79:James Braid
865:Categories
804:Port Ellen
575:Machir Bay
485:Port Ellen
450:Kilchiaran
420:Ballygrant
410:Ardilistry
334:55°39′43″N
125:References
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789:Lagavulin
784:Kilchoman
721:Margadale
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465:Lagavulin
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779:Caol Ila
759:Ardnahoe
520:Aros Bay
430:Bridgend
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398:Villages
181:Archived
176:BBC News
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470:Nerabus
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425:Bowmore
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580:The Oa
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