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* [https://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9A03E4D81531E033A25751C1A9669D94659ED7CF 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 pro.] |
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Revision as of 13:23, 11 January 2018
The Machrie Golf Course is located on Islay, in Scotland. The word "machrie" is a corruption of the Scottish Gaelic machair, which means more or less the same as "links" did on the east coast of Scotland.[1]
The course is 6,254 yards long and is a links style golf course. It is rated 20th in Scotland by Top 100 Golf Courses in the World. The course was designed by Willie Campbell in 1891 and was intentionally made long, at least by 19th Century standards, to attract golfers to Islay. The course is unusual in that its layout crosses the dunes instead of running alongside them like most links courses do, which results in multiple blind shots.
The Machrie Links hosted a famous match in 1901 between James Braid, John Henry Taylor and Harry Vardon 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, now the 17th hole, but originally the first hole, "the hardest hole I have seen". The links later hosted the Western Isles Open Championship in June 1935.[1]
The Machrie Golf Links is the home of the Islay Golf Club, an amateur golf association which leases the course from the Machrie Hotel, the owners of the course.
References
- ^ "First Western Isles Golf Champion". Glasgow Herald. 14 June 1935. p. 8.
- Top 100 Golf Courses
- Good history of the Machrie in The Scottish Golf Book p. 171 including Vardon's quote on Mt. Zion
- Extreme Golf p. 148 discusses the design of the Machrie
- Machrie Hotel and Golf Links
- Machrie Hotel and Golf Links
- Machrie Course pictures hole by hole
- 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 pro.
- Islay Golf Club
55°39′43″N 6°15′22″W / 55.662°N 6.256°W
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