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Scottish Highlands Golf Travel Moves Beyond the Bucket List as RGC’s Major Begins

Random Golf Club’s (RGC) Scottish Highlands Major began on September 19, 2026, and is scheduled to run through September 26. The seven-night, small-group golf trip is framed as an RGC international “Major”: an immersive travel and community experience rather than a conventional tournament or a self-booked golf holiday. As of September 20, the programme had moved from an Edinburgh arrival and coach transfer to Inverness into a 36-hole day at Cabot Highlands, with Castle Stuart in the morning and

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From Ghost Town to Golf Mecca: How Machrihanish Dunes' $50M Expansion Could Revive Scotland's Forgotten Peninsula

Southworth, the Boston-based golf developer that owns Machrihanish Dunes, announced in September 2024 that its major expansion plans have received full planning approval. The expansion project will add a second 18-hole links course adjacent to David McLay Kidd's original course, an extensive golf training facility, a new hotel with 73 additional rooms, and 50 golf cottages. The development will also include a 35,000-square-foot clubhouse with a 150-seat restaurant and function room for up to 250

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Ury Estate's Jack Nicklaus Course Launches Luxury Real Estate Development

Ury Estate's Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course in Aberdeenshire has secured a crucial £17 million development loan from OakNorth Bank after 15 years of regulatory challenges. The funding breakthrough positions this ambitious Scottish project to become Europe's first Jack Nicklaus-branded residential golf community, capitalizing on post-pandemic demand for luxury golf lifestyle developments.

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Another St Andrews old course renovation

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