Machrihanish Dunes Golf Club

A postcard from Machrihanish Dunes
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A postcard from Machrihanish Dunes

On the third day, a 21st century course that seems centuries old. The forecast for Thursday, April 25, had initially called for rain over much of Scotland. But by the time we got to Machrihanish the outlook was more favorable, and the morning suggested there would be sunshine, and there was. I had played Machrihanish…

Previewing Machrihanish Dunes
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Previewing Machrihanish Dunes

Opened in 2009, it’s the only course we’ll play built after the 19th century Three years ago, a writing trip brought me to Machrihanish, at the bottom of the Mull of Kintyre, traveling the long and winding road about which Paul McCartney sang. In its isolation on the shore of the North Atlantic Ocean, Machrihanish…

Scotland, revisited: David McLay Kidd realizes a career dream in designing Machrihanish Dunes
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Scotland, revisited: David McLay Kidd realizes a career dream in designing Machrihanish Dunes

Noted golf architect spent childhood summers in these dunes, and carefully worked through considerable environmental restraints to build the golf course MACHRIHANISH, ARGYLL, Scotland — When he designed Machrihanish Dunes Golf Club, near the bottom of the Kintyre Peninsula in western Scotland, David McLay Kidd was fulfilling a dream he had nurtured throughout his career….

Scotland, day two: Machrihanish Dunes, a wild golf adventure
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Scotland, day two: Machrihanish Dunes, a wild golf adventure

A relatively new course conjures the golf of 130 years ago MACHRIHANISH, ARGYLL, Scotland — If I have ever before used the phrase “wild and woolly” to describe a links golf course, please forgive that exaggeration. I wrote too soon; that is, before playing Machrihanish Dunes Golf Club, a place where the phrase is apt….

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