The Kintyre Forum

It was announced today in the Times that Gavyn Davies has bought the Machrie hotel on Islay and is going to renovate it and build a second golf course to rival the present Championship Course. This parallels what has happened at Machrihanish with the Ugadale Hotel and The Dounes Golf Course. The article claims there is evidence from around the world that second courses often cause a huge increase to the number of visitors to an area, sometimes bringing up to four times as many golfers as were attracted to just the one course. Has there been any evidence of such an increase at Machrihanish?

Not sure but if the 8 page full colour article about Machrihanish Dunes is anything to go by it won't be for the lack of trying. An excellent advert for the current facilities and the planned Royal Hotel and Ugadale Hotel developments that recently started. Did anyone else see it? Really looks the business.

I saw it on my yachting trip, sailing around the Mull of Kintye last week. The brochure looked brilliant.