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The Machrie Hotel & Golf Links
Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom
An 18-hole golf course in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom. Check out the scorecard, tees, course rating, and read user reviews below.

Description
The Machrie is an iconic Scottish championship links stretching to over 7000 yards from the back tees from next season. An original Willie Campbell design dating back to 1891, it is now a masterpiece redesigned by DJ Russell and reopened in 2018. Among many recent accolades, it ranks inside the top 50 UK&I and top 20 in Scotland. The perfect links terrain is set on unique dunelands bordering on the magnificent Laggan Bay in Islay. Exceptionally maintained with stunning Hebridean views of ocean, the peaks of Beinn Bheigeir and the Paps of Jura, it will captivate all levels of golfer and will test every aspect of the game. The course offers four sets of tees suitable for all handicaps, and offers generous fairways. But well-placed tee shots are needed to reward players with a chance to attack the pin placements. The inspired run offs, contoured greens and revetted bunkers provide an array of shot selections around the greens which will let the imagination run wild.
Scorecard
Tee
Distance
PAR
CR
SR
white ladies
5439
72
75.1
120
blue men
5852
72
71.8
126
black men
6422
72
74.2
136
yellow ladies
4650
72
70.2
122
white men
5439
72
69.6
120
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Reviews
- Hamish GilesMay 04, 2023
Windy and wild but that's what you expect from a course on the coast. Picturesque holes and well maintained fairways, bunkers and greens. Would play all day!
- Richard BlairApril 12, 2019
1st round at the course and loved it.
- Andrew SnodgrassJuly 17, 2017
This wonderful old course has recently finished it's controversial redesign before the opening of the hotel next year. I have to say I was disappointed having traveled with huge expectation. The opening two holes are poor with the opening fairway being large enough to land a jumbo jet. Hole 2 is a featureless slog and then you get in to a wonderful course with only one other weak hole - the par 3 14th. No great course should have a weak hole let alone 3. Don't be put off though - it is a beautiful place to play golf.
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